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

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

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

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 — ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious Planet Nine, and more.

Charles Taylor’s big-hearted, misshapen book on philosophy, poetry, and our never-ending quest to heal the wound of modern ...

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

So, the first question driving an intriguing, though controversial, new study was: “Did seal imagery contribute significantly ...

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

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