Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...

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

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

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Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

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To hear the candidates and their surrogates tell it, we live in Weimar Germany 1932. There are only fascists fighting ...

Research suggests ancient Mesopotamian trade symbols found on cylinder seals contributed to the development of proto-cuneiform writing.

Real progress in health inequities requires meeting communities where they are and addressing the root causes of medical ...