Learn about the clothing worn by the dead at Stone Age cemeteries in Sweden, showing how animal furs and feathers were used ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. 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.

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

“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 ...

In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, a team (led by researchers from Uppsala University) describes how they mined ancient DNA from teeth and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DNA analysis shows that hunter-gatherer graves on Gotland were shared by indirect relatives such as cousins, aunts and uncles ...

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

The Adorant figurine, discovered in Germany and crafted 40,000 years ago, features notches and dots indicative of advanced cognitive abilities. New research suggests these marks align more with ...