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

New analysis of 40,000-year-old carvings discovered in Germany show repeated patterns and structure, hinting that early ...

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 ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified mysterious symbols etched into the surface of a distant asteroid, intriguing researchers and sparking debates across the scientific community.

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 ...