Did European hunter-gatherers, not Egyptians, record first ‘writing’? Scientists study ...

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

Script for the South? Revisiting Saraswati Lipi’s promise of linguistic convergence

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

Humans could have been ‘writing’ 40,000 years earlier than anyone thought

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

Symbols found carved into 40,000-year-old artifacts may be precursor to writing

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

A Script for the South? Revisiting Saraswati Lipi’s Promise of Linguistic Convergence

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

40,000 Year Old Markings Reveal What Could Be a Mysterious Ancient Precursor to Writing

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