40,000-year-old Stone Age symbols may have paved the way for writing, long before Mesopotamia

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

Marks left by Stone Age humans were surprisingly complex

In a paper published in PNAS, they reveal not only that these ancient carvings were applied in an intentional, systematic ...
Greek Reporter

The Scholars Who Deciphered the Ancient Greek Script Linear B

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...

40,000-year-old markings may be the roots of script

German discovery of Stone Age art may reveal a precursor to writing ...

Producer David Kaplan Talks Risking It All on ‘Josephine' and Developing ‘It Follows' Sequel: ‘It Takes a Village of People Who Believe'

When David Kaplan, the New York-based producer of Beth de Araújo's Sundance prizewinning “Josephine,” arrived at the fireside ...
ZME Science

Mysterious Marks on 40,000-Year-Old Ice Age Figurines May Actually Be the Earliest Precursor to Writing

Statistical analysis reveals ancient bone carvings hold complex information rivaling early Mesopotamian scripts.

40,000-year-old German artifacts may display written language precursor

A small object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979 - crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some ...
Science Daily

40,000-year-old signs show humans were recording information long before writing

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 ...
Opinion

‘Josephine' Director Beth de Araújo on the Importance of More Accountability for Sexual Abuse Perpetrators: ‘The Shame Needs to Be on Them'

Beth de Araújo, who won two prizes at Sundance with “Josephine” and is presenting the film at the Berlinale on Friday, said her heart-wrenching drama highlights how the lack of accountability for ...

These mysterious Stone Age symbols from 40,000 years ago could be writing’s earliest predecessors

Strange symbols carved onto a Stone Age mammoth ivory plate found at a cave in southwest Germany could be the earliest known ...
Dawn

40,000-year-old German artefacts may display written language precursor

WASHINGTON: 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 establish a distinct culture in ...