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

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

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

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

Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark.

These include symbols depicting a building ... there is no obvious causal relationship that would link the one with the other," he told Live Science in an email. "Furthermore, several of the shapes — ...

Researchers have linked symbolism to writing, bridging prehistory and history in a significant study of human thought ...

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

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

Cats are quicker than babies to associate a picture of a word with its corresponding picture, new research shows.