Cultural transmission

The Hebrew University has discovered an ivory comb from 1700 BCE that is inscribed with a plea to rid oneself of lice. The inscription reads:

“May this [ivory] tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.”

Isn’t cultural transmission amazing!

https://scitechdaily.com/3700-years-old-scientists-discover-the-first-sentence-ever-written-in-canaanite/

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