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Comb and brush motifs make up about a sixth of all signs and are plausibly tallies, and Mäder leaves 29.5 per cent of…

Comb and brush motifs make up about a sixth of all signs and are plausibly tallies, and Mäder leaves 29.5 per cent of signs as candidates for a non-phonetic notation.

Suggestive0

What it means

Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onThe signs are proto-writing, a notation without language
Supports1 for, 1 against
Still possibleunchanged

Sources 3

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Comb and brush motifs make up about a sixth of all signs and are plausibly tallies, and Mäder leaves 29.5 per cent of… [Evidence EVD0DEE9BH2JY3Y]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEE9BH2JY3Y
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