I understand that the red, yellow and green lines give a general idea of how bad traffic is on a road, but do they have any specific meaning, like red equals a 40-minute wait at a toll bridge? a. According to the Google Maps site, the colored lines representing traffic conditions on major highways refer to the speed at which one can travel on that road.
The oldest form of writing known to man is Cuneiform used in Mesopatamia.
Cuneiform is the first known form of written language, but spoken language predates writing by at least tens of thousands of years.