What Is The Oldest Written Word and Spoken Word In Human History?

Humans are fascinated by old things. Whether it’s prehistoric dinosaur fossils or ancient scrolls, we’re innately driven to want to explore the past and find out what life was like long ago. One unusual bridge to the past is language. We don’t know exactly when language was first used for a number of reasons (no recording devices back then), but we do know that it was a really long time ago. And…