40,000-year-old signs show humans were recording information long before writing - ScienceDaily

Scientists have reconstructed a remarkably detailed family tree of cells in a developing mouse embryo, tracing their origins back to the moment a fertilized egg first divided into two cells. Using an innovative DNA recording technology, the researchers followed how those early cells multiplied, developed specialized roles, and eventually helped form a body with distinct organs and tissues. The recording covered the first 13.5 days of embryonic development, providing an unusually detailed look at how a complex mammalian body takes shape. (Full gestation in mice is 19 to 21 days.)

Archaeologists have discovered a faience workshop at a major temple complex in the ancient Nubian capital of Napata, showing how the rulers of ancient Kush used specialized craft production to reinforce royal power.