Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a ...
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40,000-year-old Stone Age symbols may have paved the way for writing, long before Mesopotamia
Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. 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 ...
In a paper published in PNAS, they reveal not only that these ancient carvings were applied in an intentional, systematic ...
German researchers examined more than 3,000 signs found on 260 objects to reveal insights on the origins of writing. The post ...
“The artifacts date back to tens of thousands of years before the first writing systems, to the time when Homo sapiens left Africa, settled in Europe, and encountered Neanderthal,” explained Ewa ...
Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Stone Age humans were engraving complex, meaningful symbol systems onto ...
A boycott targets the infrastructure of complicity — in this instance, the social and cultural normalization of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
After a breakthrough moment in "Yellowstone" prequel "1883," May kicks off a new phase for the slasher franchise — and her ...
The associate justice’s dissent in the tariffs case deserves some extra attention, because it is hopelessly uncoupled from ...
Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...
Ancient carvings once thought decorative may actually be early attempts to record information. Their statistical complexity matches that of proto-cuneiform, pushing the origins of writing-like systems ...
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