When was Human existance first recorded?

Question

I mean, who knows the time period we first wrote/recorded anything about ourselves? Thanks!

Answer 1

It's the word "recorded" that really trips you up with this question.

Is a person being buried with their favorite hunting spear (thus denoting that they were in life a valued hunter) or ceremonial fur robe (thus denoting that they were a respected tribal elder considered "recording" of their lives?

Some would say yes....  If that is the case, you can go back many many thousands of years and say that we have "recordings" of "something about ourselves".

There are also cave drawings that date back to 32,000 BC  (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting) that provide a pictoral "historical record" of that time's hunting tactics and the relative size of their game.

Answer 2

Oral or Written records? If you're looking for oral records, no one really knows. But if you're referring to Written records, it should be during the pre-historic times. I'm not really sure though.

Answer 3

One of the earliest known literary works is the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem dated around 2700 B.C., which deals with themes of heroism, friendship, loss, and the quest for eternal life. Different historical periods have emphasized various characteristics of literature. Early works often had an overt or covert religious or didactic purpose. Moralizing or prescriptive literature stems from such sources. The exotic nature of romance flourished from the Middle Ages onwards, whereas the Age of Reason manufactured nationalistic epics and philosophical tracts. Romanticism emphasized the popular folk literature and emotive involvement, but gave way in the 19th-century West to a phase of realism and naturalism, investigations into what is real. The 20th century brought demands for symbolism or psychological insight in the delineation and development of character.

Answer 4

all i can think of is the bible.

Answer 5

Some of the earliest writings are on the cave  walls in any number of places around the world.  Most are dated to about 11,000 years ago.