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Is the earliest writing Oracle Bone Inscriptions?

Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the early form of Chinese characters in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, is the earliest script in ancient China, which can be traced back to BC 1200, and was used to predict the future in Shang Dynasty. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is an ancient script in China, an early form of Chinese characters, and is sometimes regarded as a kind of Chinese characters. It is also the oldest mature script in China, which was first unearthed in Yin Ruins in Anyang City, Henan Province. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, also known as "Wen Qi", "Oracle Bone Inscriptions", "Yin Ruins" or "tortoise shell and animal bones", is the earliest mature writing system discovered in China so far, the source of Chinese characters and the root vein of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Oracle Bone Inscriptions was discovered in 1899. The remains of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the early Shang Dynasty were mainly found in Zhengzhou Mall, and the Yin Ruins in Anyang were the representative in the late Shang Dynasty.