Video: The Writing Code - Part 1

Summary:

Program One, The Greatest Invention, The distinguishing qualities of the human species are that we walk upright, that our bodies don’t have hair, and that we have large brains.  The asset that made us top creature was that we acquired language.  The asset that gave us civilization was the invention of writing.  It happened a mere five thousand years ago.  The first of these films shows where and how it happened. (PBS 1 hour)