Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d
The World’s Earliest Writing System May Have Been Influenced by Older Symbols Found on Stone ‘Cylinder Seals’Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research ...
A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...
Live Science on MSN5d
Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian tradeResearchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.
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.
This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious Planet Nine, and more.
In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language ...
Charles Taylor’s big-hearted, misshapen book on philosophy, poetry, and our never-ending quest to heal the wound of modern ...
Tech Xplore on MSN2d
Could humans translate an alien language? Understanding AI may be the keyTo simulate how language may evolve, we give agents (AIs) simple tasks that require communication, like a game where one ...
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