Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...

The discovery of an 11th-century Islamic astrolabe in Verona, Italy, has captivated historians and scientists alike. With ...

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A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

New genetic analysis reveals complex mating behaviors in black-necked cranes, challenging folklore that portrays them as ...

Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to ...

According to the Federal Reserve Board, the central banking system of the US, the US officially adopted the dollar sign in ...

These include symbols depicting a building ... there is no obvious causal relationship that would link the one with the other ...

To simulate how language may evolve, we give agents (AIs) simple tasks that require communication, like a game where one ...

The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

These include symbols depicting a building ... relationship that would link the one with the other," he told Live Science in an email. "Furthermore, several of the shapes — such as a narrow ...

But the origins of proto-cuneiform’s emergence have been murky, and many of its symbols remain undeciphered. Researchers conducting a careful analysis of proto-cuneiform symbols were surprised ...