The symbols, discovered on 40,000-year-old artifacts in caves in southwest Germany, may have been a precursor to the first written language ...

In a paper published in PNAS, they reveal not only that these ancient carvings were applied in an intentional, systematic ...

Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a new analysis.

More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new computational study of more than 3,000 of these ...

Many people turn to various strategies in hopes of shedding pounds or improving their health, but medical professionals are now cautioning that one particularly widespread habit may cause more harm ...

New research shows early humans created structured ancient symbol systems 40,000 years ago, long before formal writing ...

Krasner was typecast as the wife of the breakout artist of the Abstract Expressionist movement, no matter how renegade her own work. At the Met this fall, she emerges from his giant shadow.

Mysterious signs engraved on objects reveal that a form of proto-writing may have been used in Europe 40,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years before the emergence of a full writing system ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis ...

The late Billy Preston's sexuality was said to be an open secret among his peers, yet it didn't become public until he passed in 2006.

Family lore has it that Irving got into some sort of heated disagreement with Cornelius, and got revenge by bestowing the Van Winkle name on his main character—a man unflatteringly described as having ...