The symbols, discovered on 40,000-year-old artifacts in caves in southwest Germany, may have been a precursor to the first written language ...

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.

Researchers have discovered signs of a Paleolithic writing precursor in ancient tools and sculptures dating back 40,000 years ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Strange symbols carved onto a Stone Age mammoth ivory plate found at a cave in southwest Germany could be the earliest known ...