According to the Federal Reserve Board, the central banking system of the US, the US officially adopted the dollar sign in ...

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

New genetic analysis reveals complex mating behaviors in black-necked cranes, challenging folklore that portrays them as ...

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

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

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

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

These include symbols depicting a building ... relationship that would link the one with the other," he told Live Science in an email. "Furthermore, several of the shapes — such as a narrow ...

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

Geopolitical ambitions threaten Antarctica's peace, driving resource interest and testing the 1961 Antarctic Treaty.

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