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9 March 2026 The Future is the Product of the Past

The Adorant figurine from Geißenklösterle Cave, approximately 40,000 years old, consists of a small ivory plate bearing an anthropomorphic figure and multiple sequences of notches and dots. The application of these marks suggests a notational system, most notably in the rows of dots on the back of the plate. Credit: Landesmuseum Württemberg / Hendrik Zwietasch, CC BY 4.0

Writing Began 40,000 Years Ago? Stone Age Symbols Show Surprising Complexity

24 February 2026

More than 40,000 years ago—long before the first cities of Mesopotamia—early humans were carving mysterious sequences of lines, dots, crosses,...

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Ancient Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals Offer Clues to the Origin of Writing

6 November 2024

Researchers from the University of Bologna have discovered an association between proto-cuneiform and even older stone images engraved on ancient...