Comments on: Neanderthals: The Earliest Accountants in History

By: James Hinton

James Hinton — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:34:11 +0000

In reply to Stephanie Ann Farra (@WorldTUDown). It's quite the surprise, isn't it?

By: Stephanie Ann Farra (@WorldTUDown)

Stephanie Ann Farra (@WorldTUDown) — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:56:14 +0000

This is so interesting! I have not heard much about math during this time period.

By: James Hinton

James Hinton — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:01:00 +0000

In reply to billgncs. I'm thinking that there is a bit of a "chicken and egg" thing with that, Bill. On the one hand we have these examples showing that mathematics certainly precede civilization by tens of thousands of years. On the other hand, you have people like the Pirahã, for whom counting is not a cultural concept. So which came first, language or counting? Who knows.

By: billgncs

billgncs — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:41:30 +0000

Interesting – there are some who think that accounting, keeping track of trade is the precursor of written language.

By: James Hinton

James Hinton — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 17:06:09 +0000

In reply to Jack. I could make a joke about "six inches" here, but I won't.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:06:30 +0000

“The Ishango bone looks for all the world like a grade school student’s math homework.”
I never turned in anything that looked like that. Looks more like sex-ed homework than math homework.