Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

German researchers examined more than 3,000 signs found on 260 objects to reveal insights on the origins of writing. The post ...

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

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The scaling of energy infrastructure in the US is crucial to meet the growing demand for electricity. Writing systems evolved ...

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

AI takes care of deciphering ancient damaged inscriptions and difficult-to-read ancient characters, doing in seconds what would take an expert hours. A research team at Ludwig Maximilian University ...