'Oldest' New World writing found, saith the headline. The BBC article then begins:
Ancient civilisations in Mexico developed a writing system as early as 2,000 years ago, new evidence suggests.
Okay, I'll buy that. Offhand I wouldn't have known whether existing Maya/Olmec/Toltec/Zapotec texts went back that far or who got there first. Later it says ( Read more... )