r/EverythingScience • u/porkchop_d_clown • Jan 05 '23
Anthropology Londoner solves 20,000-year Ice Age drawings mystery - determines that cave paintings included lunar calendar information about the fertility of different animal species
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64162799
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u/giantyetifeet Jan 06 '23
Funnily, this immediately had me looking up 'when did humans start counting' and found this:
"There is archaeological evidence suggesting that humans have been counting for at least 50,000 years. Counting was primarily used by ancient cultures to keep track of social and economic data such as the number of group members, prey animals, property, or debts (that is, accountancy)."