Writing (Mesoamerica)

Ancient · Communication · 1000 BCE

TL;DR

Writing (Mesoamerica) - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

Controversial

What Had To Exist First

Preceding Inventions

Writing (Mesopotamia)

Required Knowledge

  • Writing

What This Enabled

Inventions that became possible because of Writing (Mesoamerica):

Amate Maya numerals and zero

Independent Emergence

Evidence of inevitability—this invention emerged independently in multiple locations:

Ancient Mesoamerica

Parallel development

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Path Dependence Convergent Evolution

Related Inventions

Amate Maya numerals and zero Writing (Mesopotamia)

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Communication

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