New Scientist

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...
IFLScience

Humans Have Independently Invented Writing More Than Once, And Generally For The Same Purpose

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
The Conversation

What are the key purposes of human writing? How we name AI‑generated text confuses things

As another school year returns, large language models (LLMs) present difficult questions around learning, thinking, plagiarism and authorship for educators. As an assistant professor of English whose ...
insider.si.edu

The invention of cuneiform writing in Sumer Jean-Jacques Glassner ; translated and edited by Zainab Bahrani and Marc Van de Mieroop

1. The Sumerian Account of the Invention of Writing -- 2. Time and Place of the Invention -- 3. Received Ideas: The Pictographic Origins of Cuneiform Writing -- 4. Received Ideas: The Origin of ...