Stone tools found in Israel are at least 1.9 million years old, showing humans left Africa earlier than scientists once believed.

In a paper published in PNAS, they reveal not only that these ancient carvings were applied in an intentional, systematic ...

Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a new analysis.

More than 40,000 years ago, Ice Age humans were carving repeated patterns of dots, lines, and crosses into tools and small ivory figurines. A new computational study of more than 3,000 of these ...

For generations, Black Americans have prepared their children for the realities of racism. As ICE expands its reach, more ...

New research shows early humans created structured ancient symbol systems 40,000 years ago, long before formal writing ...

Children born with upper limb difference show the incredible adaptability of the young brain A unique study imaging brain ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The throughline there, Wenner said on Semafor’s podcast, is that music fans are tired of being served content on social media ...

Using an aging clock, researchers from the University of Cologne have used the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism to demonstrate that nerve cells age differently. They identified both the causes of ...