The history of recording thoughts and emotions may be tens of thousands of years older than historians previously believed, according to a new archaeological study that brings to light findings from c ...

The birth of writing could be 40,000 years earlier than previously thought after scientists found etchings in a German cave.

New analysis of Neanderthal bones from Belgium indicates targeted cannibalism of outsiders that may signal territorial conflict before their regional disappearance.

The history of writing down thoughts and feelings could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, surprising archaeologists who made the discovery. The researchers discerned ...

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

The symbols, discovered on 40,000-year-old artifacts in caves in southwest Germany, may have been a precursor to the first written language ...

Researchers have discovered signs of a Paleolithic writing precursor in ancient tools and sculptures dating back 40,000 years ...

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 ...

Fresh archaeological findings have revealed that human habitation existed in Odisha’s Sundargarh district nearly 40,000 years ago.

New discoveries of Stone Age symbols in Germany could push back the history of writing by over 30,000 years, potentially ...

Archaeologists in Spain have discovered an odd collection of animal bones that may point to evidence of an ancient ...