Steinzeit-Funde: Vorläufer der Schrift ist über 40.000 Jahre alt

Vor rund 40.000 Jahren ritzten unsere frühen Vorfahren Zeichen in Werkzeuge und Skulpturen. Diese Zeichenabfolgen weisen die gleiche Komplexität und Informationsdichte auf wie die früheste Proto-Keilschrift um 3.000 vor Christus – also zehntausende Jahre später. Dies fanden der Sprachforscher Christian Bentz von der Universität des Saarlandes und die Archäologin Ewa Dutkiewicz vom Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin heraus. Dieses Forschungsergebnis ist weltweit von zahlreichen Medien aufgegriffen worden. Eine Auswahl ist hier aufgelistet: 

New York Post

https://nypost.com/2026/02/24/science/stone-age-symbols-could-rewrite-history-of-writing/

The Times

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/stone-age-carvings-writing-q88bb8v8r

BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgknj7yyv2o

The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/stone-age-symbols-mystery-earliest-writing-germany-b2926194.html

CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/25/science/stone-age-symbols-writing-precursor

The Jerusalem Post

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-887782

The economist

https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/02/25/marks-left-by-stone-age-humans-were-surprisingly-complex

Nachrichtenagentur Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/science/40000-year-old-german-artifacts-may-display-written-language-precursor-2026-02-24/

Daily Mail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15589283/human-history-symbols-writing-discovery.html

New Scientist

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516606-stone-age-symbols-may-push-back-the-earliest-form-of-writing/

Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stone-age-art-may-reveal-40-000-year-old-precursor-to-writing/

Discover Magazine

https://www.discovermagazine.com/40-000-year-old-stone-age-symbols-may-be-a-precursor-to-written-language-48726

Phys.org

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-year-stone-age-paved-mesopotamia.html

Heritage Daily

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/symbolic-system-had-already-emerged-thousands-of-years-before-writing-invention/157111

Science Magazine

https://scienmag.com/ancient-stone-age-symbols-origins-of-written-language-traced-back-40000-years/

Magazin LBV

https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/02/engraved-signs-on-the-adorant-and-other-stone-age-artifacts-constitute-a-40000-year-old-writing-system-predating-the-mesopotamian-one/

Science Daily

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260225001301.htm

Express (UK)

https://www.express.co.uk/news/history/2176038/germany-archaeologists-discover-early-stone-age-writing

Ancienist

https://ancientist.com/the-origins-of-writing-may-reach-back-40000-years-study-suggests/

Arkeonews

https://arkeonews.net/writing-began-40000-years-ago-stone-age-symbols-show-surprising-complexity/

Sciencealert

https://www.sciencealert.com/these-40000-year-old-marks-may-be-a-precursor-to-writing

Geo France

https://www.geo.fr/histoire/il-y-a-40-000-ans-ces-mysterieuses-gravures-suivaient-deja-des-regles-231028

Science et vie

https://www.science-et-vie.com/science-et-culture/ces-marques-paleolithiques-pourraient-constituer-un-precurseur-de-lecriture-228215.html

30 Science (Italien)

https://30science.com/2026/02/news/scienza-le-persone-iniziavano-a-usare-i-segni-gia-40-mila-anni-fa-3/

Popular Science

https://www.popsci.com/science/earliest-human-writing-germany/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=PopularScience/magazine/Evolutionary+Discoveries

Smithsonian Magazin /Washington

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-may-have-used-these-mysterious-symbols-to-encode-information-tens-of-thousands-of-years-before-the-first-writing-systems-180988250/

Indian Defence Review (vierteljährlich erscheinende Fachzeitschrift für Verteidigungs- und Sicherheitsfragen in Indien)

https://indiandefencereview.com/40000-year-symbols-cave-first-writing/

Earth.com Nature Science Life

https://www.earth.com/news/stone-age-symbols-may-have-encoded-information-long-before-writing

Livesience

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/paleolithic-humans-invented-an-early-predecessor-to-writing-at-least-40-000-years-ago-carved-signs-suggest

Research in Germany

https://www.research-in-germany.org/idw-news/en_US/2026/2/2026-02-23_Signs_on_Stone_Age_objects__Precursor_to_written_language_dates_back_40_000_years.html