A statistical analysis of a series of signs carved into artifacts from around 40,000 years ago suggests humans developed ...
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 ...
When Japanese scientists wanted to learn more about how ground stone tools dating back to the Early Upper Paleolithic might have been used, they decided to build their own replicas of adzes, axes, and ...
Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis ...
Learn how researchers analyzed 3,000 Paleolithic symbols to uncover structured information comparable to early writing systems.
CORVALLIS, Ore – A new analysis of stone tools offers strong evidence for the theory that ancient people from the Pacific Rim traveled a coastal route from East Asia during the last ice age to become ...
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University crafted replica stone age tools and used them for a range of tasks to see how different activities create traces on the edge. They found ...