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

A small object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979 - crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some of the earliest people to establish a distinct culture in Europe - bears ...

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 ...

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From cave walls to keyboards, from clay tablets to touch screens, writing has always been about preserving thought and sharing ideas. It has survived centuries of change because humans, at heart, are ...

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 ...

New evidence published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates humans experimented with symbolic writing as much as 40,000 years ago. If tru ...

They may represent an early precursor to writing, according to the newly published research by linguist Christian Bentz of Saarland University in Germany and archaeologist Ewa Dutkiewicz of the Berlin ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

This detailed historical narrative traces the extraordinary lifespan of Egyptian hieroglyphs, from their origins in the third millennium BC to their final appearance in AD 394 at the Temple of Isis on ...