A bowl of cereal looks simple, but it’s the end of a long chain of choices that changed human life more than almost any ...
Figure 1. 'Unicorn' stamp seal and modern impression. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access/Public domain In my previous post, I discussed the Indian subcontinent's first civilization and ...
A possible 40,000-year-old proto-writing system is reshaping the story of humanity’s earliest methods of communication. Engraved objects unearthed in Germany suggest that Paleolithic hunter-gatherers ...
Introduction : a difficult topic, little studied, poorly understood -- What is writing? -- Writing with signs -- Categories and features of writing -- Some general issues in the study of writing -- ...
“Great civilizations are not murdered. Instead, they take their own lives.” The great historian Arnold Toynbee concluded this ...