World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
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 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 ...
6,000-year-old Mesopotamian artifacts linked to the dawn of writing
Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...
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Reading and Writing Like a Scientist
English and science teachers in Missouri middle schools collaborate to help students tackle complex scientific texts.
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Mesopotamia’s 6,000-year-old cylinders with antique symbols uncover birth of writing
Researchers have linked symbolism to writing, bridging prehistory and history in a significant study of human thought ...
Major discovery on origin of writing in birthplace of civilization
Researchers have made another major stride in understanding humanity’s origins of writing. In Mesopotamia, the birthplace of civilization, the earliest known writing system started around 3,000 BCE.
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These 5,000-year-old seals might have paved the way for the invention of writing (and the birth of history)
In the dusty city states of ancient Mesopotamia, long before the advent of written language, mysterious symbols etched into ...
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Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian trade
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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ChatGPT is transforming peer review — how can we use it responsibly?
At major computer-science publication venues, up to 17% of the peer reviews are now written by artificial intelligence. We ...
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Are synthetic food dyes bad for you? Here’s what the science says.
California is banning them in schools. The FDA says they’re fine. But synthetic dyes added to food to make them more colorful have a long, troubled history.
New Clues to the Origins of Writing in Mesopotamia
The origins of writing in Mesopotamia lie in the images imprinted by ancient cylinder seals on clay tablets and other artifacts. A research group from the University of Bologna has identified a series ...