Around 40,000 years ago, Paleolithic people inscribed bone with symbols that appear to be part of some sort of writing system ...

Rows of tiny crosses and dots run along the flank of a mammoth no bigger than your palm. Someone carved it from a tusk around ...

A 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine with engraved rows of crosses and dots The history of writing down thoughts and feelings ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

Crosses and dots on an Ice Age figurine of a mammoth may be about to rewrite history ...

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

Early European hunter-gatherers developed a sophisticated method of information storage long before the advent of formal ...

In 1978, the people of Iran erupted into protests against the shah. He was quickly overthrown, and he and his family went ...

Researchers have found patterns of meaning etched in lines, notches, dots and crosses on ancient objects, including mammoth tusks dating as far back as 45,000 years, within caves in Germany.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine with engraved rows of crosses and dots [University of Tübingen / Hildegard Jensen] The history ...