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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

While the real motivations of the young woman remain unclear, for many people from the Islamic Republic, she already embodies ...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language ...