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 ...

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

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

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Anthropologists have spent decades documenting a mysterious collection of symbols etched into the Peruvian desert, depicting everything from human decapitation and domesticated animals to ...