This was found in the Congo............central Africa..............it predates..............the world's oldest language Sumerian...........per scholars............but i think another language is older...........from Africa..........

Mathematical Treasure: Ishango Bone | Mathematical ...

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Perhaps the oldest mathematical artifact in existence, the Ishango Bone (above), was unearthed in 1950 in the then Belgian colony of the Congo (now the ...

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Can you decode the mysterious markings on this ancient bone tool?

[PDF]DOES THE ISHANGO BONE INDICATE A ... - arXiv

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The Heinzelin's Ishango bone has notches that seem to form patterns, ... the hypothesis that the Ishango bone is a primitive mathematical tool using the base 12 ...

The Ishango Bone, Possibly One of the Oldest Calendars ...

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The Ishango Bone, Possibly One of the Oldest Calendars (25,000 BCE – 20,000 BCE) ... He argued that talley marks on certain bones represented a system of ...