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

A skill that humanity has cultivated for 5,500 years — since the invention of writing in Mesopotamia — is slowly eroding among the youngest generation. According to several recent studies, nearly 40% ...

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

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

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

Despite the structural parallels to protocuneiform, the researchers caution that the Ice Age markings are not akin to later scripts that encode speech, and they do not attempt to read the signs. Still ...

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 ...

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