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

A forgotten proposal from a Mysuru seminar reopens debate on whether Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam can share a streamlined writing system ...

Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Stone Age humans were engraving complex, meaningful symbol systems onto ...

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

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

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

Scholar Badekila Venkataramana Bhatta’s “Saraswati Lipi” suggests practical reforms to harmonise four major Dravidian scripts ...

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 ...

Ancient carvings once thought decorative may actually be early attempts to record information. Their statistical complexity matches that of proto-cuneiform, pushing the origins of writing-like systems ...

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

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

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