The earliest writing systems, such as cuneiform or hieroglyphics, represent a leap in human cognitive evolution. By studying these scripts, scientists can observe how early humans began to record ...

Scholars consider cuneiform the first writing system, and humans used its wedge-shaped characters to inscribe ancient languages such as Sumerian on clay tablets beginning around 3400 BC.

The wedge-shaped writing on the tablets, known as cuneiform, demonstrated that these ancient stargazers used geometric calculations to predict the motion of Jupiter. Scholars had assumed it wasn ...

Like cylinder seals, proto-cuneiform was used for accounting ... offering new perspectives for studying the evolution of symbolic and writing systems. "Our findings demonstrate that the designs ...

Photograph of proto-cuneiform tablet showing signs discussed ... The findings offer new perspectives for studying the evolution of symbolic and writing systems. They also have gained new insight ...

The book is Hammer’s account of the deciphering of cuneiform, the oldest known writing system. Cuneiform was invented in around 3400 BC in Mesopotamia. It was used for… The sun is killing off ...

"[The tablets] are important from the point of view of the evolution of humankind's intellectual inquiry and religious beliefs," he said. A stock image shows cuneiform script on a stone tablet ...

Major milestone reached in digital Cuneiform studies: Researchers present an innovative tool that offers many new possibilities. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Boğazköy-Hattuša is located in ...

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Cuneiform, the world's oldest form of writing, involved making indentations in clay tablets. Scientists have now developed a data storage system that's like cuneiform on steroids – and it's ...

Irving Finkel, curator in charge of cuneiform clay tablets at the British Museum, with the 3,000 year old clay tablet. AP Photo/Sang Tan Ever since its finding, experts have been trying to ...