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

Dozens of rare, gold-glazed terracotta ornaments have been uncovered at the Ho Dynasty Citadel World Heritage site in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, in a discovery that researchers say helps pinpoint where the ...

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

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

I started digging for Native American artifacts on my Florida property, expecting flakes, tools, maybe pottery. Then we pulled up something big a massive bone that looked ancient. At first it seemed ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON: 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 ...

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

Among the debris, researchers identified over 2,350 pieces of rare blue-and-white porcelain produced during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368).

A small object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979 - crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some ...

New research suggests these markings, while not a written language, display properties akin to an early script that emerged ...

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