According to the Federal Reserve Board, the central banking system of the US, the US officially adopted the dollar sign in ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

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

A persistent leak on the International Space Station has escalated tensions between NASA and Roscosmos. While both agencies ...

New genetic analysis reveals complex mating behaviors in black-necked cranes, challenging folklore that portrays them as ...

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

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

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 ...

To simulate how language may evolve, we give agents (AIs) simple tasks that require communication, like a game where one ...