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 ...

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

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

The ancient cave peoples weren’t as illiterate as portrayed in popular media. Archaeologists have discovered Paleolithic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have discovered that ancient Romans utilised human excrement to address everyday health problems. Following analysis of a 2,000-year-old glass container, we're now fairly confident that ...

The oldest known wooden tools have been found in an opencast mine in Greece. They are 430,000 years old and were made by an unidentified species of ancient human – perhaps the ancestors of ...

I came down with COVID-19 this week. Even with my booster, it happened. Anyway, I got a prescription for Plaxovid. When I went to pick up my medicines, I was told my copay would be $649.77. I ...