Writing has been independently invented maybe four times in human history. Radiocarbon dating has found evidence that the original inhabitants of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) invented writing independently. The evidence isn’t conclusive: the dating tells us is that Rongorongo was carved on a tablet made from wood from a tree that was definitely cut down pre-contact. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a71129524/rapa-nui-language-discovered/
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