Were hieroglyphics just ancient emojis that took a very long time to catch on?

Though the full decipherment of hieroglyphics is often associated with 19th-century European scholars, the study of their meaning began in ancient times ( 1st century BC ) and saw significant advancements by Arabic scholars during the medieval period ( 1000AD ). The process of understanding hieroglyphs was a long and cumulative effort spanning over two millennia. ( Google )
 
The topic brings up another way to look at our beginning.

Do the Genesis Geneologies Have Gaps?
The evidence is strong that the Genesis genealogies are closed. God created Adam on Day Six, approximately 4,000 years before Christ. There does not seem to be any support for the notion that there are gaps in the Genesis genealogies.

Bible Timeline

Toward the end of the last Ice Age, prehistoric artists painted tens of thousands of images—including depictions of mastodons, giant sloths and other now-extinct animals—on cliff walls in the Amazon rainforest, reports Dalya Alberge for the Guardian. Archaeologists found the first of the enormous set of images in 2017 but kept the trove secret while continuing work and preparing a television series on the discovery.

Tens of Thousands of 12,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Found in Colombia

So mankind didn't spring into being 6000 years ago. Not only life in the middle east but in the Amazon.
 

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