‘Earliest Writing’ Found In China
BBC | 4-17-2003 | Paul Rincon
Posted on 04/18/2003 9:35:03 AM PDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/895879/posts
Prehistoric Oriental ‘Venus’ Carved On Cliff Discovered In Ningxia
Peoples Daily | 12-23-2003
Posted on 12/23/2003 5:43:09 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1045703/posts
China: Archeologists shake up history
(Jinsha Ruins, Sanxingdui Culture)
Taipei Times | 07/13/05
Posted on 07/13/2005 7:21:21 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1441905/posts
‘Earliest Chinese Characters’ Unearthed
Xinhua News | 10-19-2006
Posted on 10/20/2006 1:51:02 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1723033/posts
Cliff carvings may rewrite history of Chinese characters
Xinhua News Agency | 5-18-07 | unknown
Posted on 05/18/2007 10:33:37 AM PDT by Renfield
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835863/posts
Chinese writing ‘8,000 years old’
BBC | Friday, May 18, 2007
Posted on 05/18/2007 11:54:50 AM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835902/posts
-also of interest-
Central Asia’s Lost Civilization
Discover Magazine | November 2006 | Andrew Lawler
Posted on 11/01/2006 11:47:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1730527/posts
Unknown Writing System Uncovered On Ancient Olmec Tablet
scienceagogo | 15 September 2006 | by Kate Melville
Posted on 07/30/2008 6:58:45 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2054048/posts
"The bones and jade don't bear deviation marks such as drills, or chisel and burn traces, so the writing maybe for keeping records of events."
I wish them luck in their translations. More proof that the Chinese Civilization didn't suddenly spring to life with the Shang. Now that they are doing better work in China, the old assumptions are bound to change in unpredictable ways (evidenced by your list of articles and with this article).