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

New discoveries of Stone Age symbols in Germany could push back the history of writing by over 30,000 years, potentially ...

A new study has revealed that mysterious signs carved onto Paleolithic artifacts up to 40,000 years ago match the information density of the world's earliest known writing system — pushing the deep ...

For 40,000 years, these bone-carved figurines lay silent, until now, exposing a lost story of our prehistoric ancestors.

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

The origins of writing aren’t set in stone. The ancient cave peoples weren’t as illiterate as portrayed in popular media.

Research shows Ice Age humans used structured signs 40,000 years ago as a communication system, revealing deep prehistoric ...

Strange symbols carved onto a Stone Age mammoth ivory plate found at a cave in southwest Germany could be the earliest known ...

Archaeologists have unearthed Paleolithic glyphs in a German cave, potentially pushing back the history of written communication by over 30,000 years.

Statistical analysis reveals ancient bone carvings hold complex information rivaling early Mesopotamian scripts.

More than 5,000 years ago, the world’s oldest known writing system emerged in what is now Iraq, establishing the country as the epicenter of recorded human history. […] ...

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 ...