40,000-year-old signs show humans were recording information long before writing

40,000-year-old signs show humans were recording information long before writing

• 40,000-year-old signs show humans were recording information long before writing More than 40,000 years ago, early humans were already engraving symbols onto tools, figurines, an

Science · February 25, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 248 words