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 ...
Ancient Origins

Stone Age Symbols: Did Writing Begin 40,000 Years Ago?

A new study has revealed that mysterious signs carved onto Paleolithic artifacts up to 40,000 years ago match the information density of the world's earliest known writing system — pushing the deep ...
Knowridge Science Report

40,000-year-old symbols may be humanity’s first step toward writing

Long before the first known writing systems appeared in ancient Mesopotamia, early humans were already carving mysterious ...
New Scientist

Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing

Mysterious signs engraved on objects reveal that a form of proto-writing may have been used in Europe 40,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years before the emergence of a full writing system ...