Roughly 40,000 years ago, humans living in present-day Europe carved a variety of geometric signs into pendants, tools and figurines. Now, according to a new paper in the journal PNAS, researchers ...
New research shows early humans created structured ancient symbol systems 40,000 years ago, long before formal writing appeared.
New research from the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience published this week in Nature has identified a key step in how neurons encode information on timescales that match learning.