Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research suggests that these markings informed the development of writing Sarah Kuta ...

Here’s how it works. The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles ...

Despite how easily it could create advantage in combat (and make classes like the DnD 2024 Rogue feel redundant), flanking was a pretty popular optional rule. And it’s noticeably absent from the new ...