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

The origins of writing aren’t set in stone. The ancient cave peoples weren’t as illiterate as portrayed in popular media.

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 ...

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

A legacy family business takes on a new name as the next generation continues its mission of training professionals how to write better, faster. Especially now, as people try to throw generative AI at ...

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 ...

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

Statistical analysis reveals ancient bone carvings hold complex information rivaling early Mesopotamian scripts.

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri. THE PROTECTIVE ...