Communicating using pictures is hardwired into human brains, with the first pictograms thought to date to 9000BC.
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Smartphones may have replaced cave walls but the rise of emoji proves we haven't really changed that much.
Test your ancient pictorial smarts with our very modern emoji movie quiz.