Humans Sketched Oddly Precise Geometric Patterns Onto Ostrich Eggs 60,000 Years Ago

The paper, published recently in PLOS One, describes an investigation of 112 ostrich eggshell fragments dating back more than ...
Ancient Origins

60,000-Year-Old Ostrich Eggshell Engravings Reveal Early Geometry

A cognitive investigation of Howiesons Poort engraved ostrich eggshells, published by PLOS One analyzed 112 engraved fragments from sites in South Africa and Namibia. A companion report summarizing ...
The Debrief

60,000-Year-Old “Highly Unusual” Etchings Could Point to Humanity’s Earliest Use of Geometric Design

Evidence of early human use of geometric concepts in prehistoric art has surfaced in Africa, pointing to complex patterns in ...
Greek Reporter

Humanity’s Oldest Geometry Found on 60,000-Year-Old Ostrich Eggshells

Archaeologists report that 60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal humanity’s earliest known use of geometry.
EDN

Pattern matching: A picture is worth a thousand rules

As design nodes drop below 45nm, design rules are exploding in number and complexity, making design rule checking (DRC) harder and lengthier. What we have observed across the industry is that the ...