Episode

What's New In History - 40,000 year old writing??

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Fan of History
Published
Apr 7, 2026
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986
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Summary

Wow! 40,000 years ago... that's a lot earlier than we thought. Is this just click bait or is there something to this. Dan and Bernie break it down. The final conclusions may surprise you. Plus we have 18 foot bears to deal with! Link to article https://www.reuters.com/science/40000-year-old-german-artifacts-may-display-written-language-precursor-2026-02-24/ Buy me a coffee!  https://buymeacoffee.com/whatsnewinhistory This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel!! www.youtube.com/@WhatsNewinHistory If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory Contact information: E-mail: [email protected] http://facebook.com/fanofhistory https://twitter.com/danhorning https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/ Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse. Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at  http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.