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

Co-authors Kathryn Kelley and Mattia Cartolano from the University of Bologna's Department of Classical Philology and Italian ...

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

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Research suggests ancient Mesopotamian trade symbols found on cylinder seals contributed to the development of proto-cuneiform writing.

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Italian researchers suggest that symbols from the oldest writing system in the world may have come directly from cylinder seal motifs.