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

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

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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

The hills of South Moravia have yielded thousands of Stone Age artifacts over decades of excavation, most of them anonymous ...

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 artifacts date back to tens of thousands of years before the first writing systems, to the time when Homo sapiens left Africa, settled in Europe, and encountered Neanderthal,” explained Ewa ...

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 ...

The Loveland Stone Age Fair, approaching a century old, is returning to town, promising a free, fun and educational Saturday for children and adults alike. The fair, now in its 91st year, will be ...

Archaeologists found artifacts, dated between 9650 and 4900 BC, associated with the production of arrowheads. Photo by LWL/C. Hentzelt A group of amateur archaeologists made a surprising Neolithic ...