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2. Ishango bone - Wikipedia

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   The Ishango bone on exhibition at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences The Ishango bone , discovered at the "Fisherman Settlement" of Ishango in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a bone tool and possible mathematical device that dates to the Upper Paleolithic era. [ 1 ]

3. The Story of 1 - Wikipedia

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   Jones then discusses the Ishango bone, which must have been used for counting, because there are 60 scratches on each side of the bone. Jones declares this "the birth of one"; a defining moment in history of mathematics. He then journeys to Sumer. Shortly after farming had been invented and humans were starting to build houses, they started to ...

4. Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt - Wikipedia

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   He gained international fame in 1950 when he discovered the Ishango Bone [1] "Jean de Heinzelin was a geologist. A kind of a modern adventurer, Jean de Heinzelin was a field worker and a remarkable observer. Africa was his main area of work, but he also took part in various expeditions in Europe, the United States and the Middle East.

5. Tally stick - Wikipedia

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   The head of an ivory Venus figurine was excavated close to the bone. [2] [3] The Ishango bone is a bone tool, dated to the Upper Palaeolithic era, around 18,000 to 20,000 BC. It is a dark brown length of bone. It has a series of possible tally marks carved in three columns running the length of the tool. It was found in 1950 in Ishango (east ...

6. Trump won't kill green energy [Video] - AOL

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   Trump wants to boost fossil fuels and rein in renewables. But the green energy transition has grown too big and become too important for Trump to stop.

7. History of ancient numeral systems - Wikipedia

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   The Ishango bone is an artifact with a sharp piece of quartz affixed to one end, perhaps for engraving. It has been dated to 25,000 years ago. [ 13 ] The artifact was first thought to be a tally stick , as it has a series of what has been interpreted as tally marks carved in three rows running the length of the tool.

8. Teen Actor Hudson Joseph Meek, Who Appeared in “Baby Driver ...

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   A teen actor, whose credits include the 2017 film Baby Driver and the reboot of the television action series MacGyver, died after he reportedly fell from a moving vehicle in Alabama last week ...

9. Grubhub to pay $25 million for misleading customers ... - AOL

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   (Reuters) -Grubhub settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday for allegedly misleading customers about order fees, adding restaurants to ...