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 ...

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 ...

Casting a wide net, the Honors College is offering a selection of Honors Forums and Advanced Special Topics this fall thoughtfully designed for interdisciplinary appeal.

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

The Adorant figurine, discovered in Germany and crafted 40,000 years ago, features notches and dots indicative of advanced cognitive abilities. New research suggests these marks align more with ...

A small object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979 - crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some ...

Long before the first known writing systems appeared in ancient Mesopotamia, early humans were already carving mysterious ...

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 ...

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

In just four decades, Hammurabi transformed Babylon from an overlooked city-state into the dominant power of Mesopotamia. This chapter explores the wars, diplomacy, and revolutionary law code that ...