Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing

Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing

• The Adorant figurine, approximately 38,000 years old, consists of a small, ivory plate bearing an anthropomorphic figure and multiple sequences of notches and dotsLandesmuseum Wü

Science · February 23, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 3 min · 442 words

Earliest evidence of indigo-dyed textiles and single-needle knitting discovered in Bronze Age Anatolia

• A research team led by Assoc. • Çiğdem Maner from Koç University’s Department of Archaeology and History of Art has uncovered remarkable textile fragments at Beycesultan Höyük th

Science · February 21, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 142 words