How Writing Began
excerpted from Scientific American, June 1978.
| Main Author: | Schmandt-Besserat, Denise | 
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| Format: | Print Article | 
| In: | Washington Post                 Year: 25, , Pages: D3, photo, 1 fig.  | 
| KeiBi Identifier: | 40:204 | 
| Summary: | excerpted from Scientific American, June 1978. | 
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