When we think of writing systems we likely think of an Alphabetic writing system, where each symbol (letter) in the alphabet represents a basic sound unit, such as a consonant or a vowel. Those who ...

Two slightly burnt, fat-covered sticks discovered inside an Australian cave are evidence of a healing ritual that was passed down unchanged by more than 500 generations of Indigenous people over the ...

Ritual sticks, between 11,000 and 12,000 years old, were discovered in Cloggs Cave. David et al., Nature Human Behavior, 2024 The remains of two wooden sticks, partially burned and smeared with fat, ...

We often hear that Aboriginal peoples have been in Australia for 65,000 years, “the oldest living cultures in the world”. But what does this mean, given all living peoples on Earth have an ancestry ...