The Ishango bone is a bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era. It is a dark brown length of bone, the fibula of a baboon, with a sharp piece of quartz affixed to one end, perhaps for engraving.
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The Ishango bone is a bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era. It is a dark brown length of bone, the fibula of a baboon, with a sharp piece of quartz affixed to one end, perhaps for engraving.
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The Ishango Bone, Possibly One of the Oldest Calendars (25,000 BCE – 20,000 ... Paleolithic bone plaques were notation systems, specifically lunar calendars ...
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The Ishango Bone: Craddle of Ancient Mathematics | African Heritage
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Aug 29, 2013 - Dating as far back as 22000 years ago, in the Upper Paleolitic era, the Ishango bone is a dark brown bone which happens to be the fibula of a baboon, with a sharp piece of quartz affixed to one end for engraving. It is the oldest attestation of the practice of arithmetic in human history.
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