40,000-year-old Stone Age symbols may have paved the way for writing, long before Mesopotamia

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis ...
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 ...
Scientific American

Ancient art could hold clues to the origins of written language

Thousands of markings on objects made around 40,000 years ago may have been more than just doodles, a new analysis suggests ...
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Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world

Ever had an idea for something that looked cool, but wouldn't work well in practice? When it comes to designing things like ...