Ishango Bone 2nd Oldest Mathematical Artifact

[Nubian Zuri*]

Ishango Bone is a bone tool, dated back to the Upper Paleolithic era, about 18000 - 20000 BC. 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 or writing.




It was first thought to be a tally stick, as it has a series of talley marks carved in three columns running the length of the tool, but some scientist have suggested that the groupings of notches indicated a mathematical understanding that goes beyond counting.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishango_bone

[Panther]

May 26, 2009 18:29:21 GMT -5 Nubian Zuri* said:

Ishango Bone is a bone tool, dated back to the Upper Paleolithic era, about 18000 - 20000 BC. 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 or writing.




It was first thought to be a tally stick, as it has a series of talley marks carved in three columns running the length of the tool, but some scientist have suggested that the groupings of notches indicated a mathematical understanding that goes beyond counting.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishango_bone

Beautiful sister I was on my way out until I saw this thread. This is amazing. True Africans first calculations. As I read the link you provided, I noticed the lembo bone that's is also a baboon fibula. Ishango is the oldest. I like to share with my family little tidbits of information that I pick up along the way. Studying close with you and others here I will have much to give my family. Many just don't realize how important our history is and means to our people. Keep on teaching my beautiful sister.
Much Respect!