In the 19th century, mysterious glyphs from Easter Island drew scholarly attention; more than 150 years later, the Rongorongo script remains undeciphered

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Researchers have provided new evidence that the rongorongo script could have emerged independently on Easter Island. A wooden tablet was dated to the 15th century, predating European contact by over 200 years. This finding supports the argument that Rapa Nui's inhabitants developed their own writing…