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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

A new study has revealed that mysterious signs carved onto Paleolithic artifacts up to 40,000 years ago match the information density of the world's earliest known writing system — pushing the deep ...

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