73,000-Year-Old Hashtag

 Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the world's oldest example of the ubitquitous cross-hatched pattern drawn on a silcrete flake in the Blombos Cave in South Africa.

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Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest example of abstract art in the world. Photo by peng song/Getty Images

 

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