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Re: Matheology � 300
Posted:
Jul 17, 2013 5:53 PM
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Virgil wrote:
> In article <832c2449-ebc4-4481-b70a-678c40e03136@googlegroups.com>,
> Albrecht <albstorz@gmx.de> wrote:
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>> Die Geschichte der Mathematik reicht zur?ck bis ins Altertum und den
>> Anf?ngen des Z?hlens in der Jungsteinzeit. Nachweise erster Anf?nge
>> von Z?hlverfahren reichen ca. 50.000 Jahre zur?ck. (from German
>> Wikipedia) (The history of mathematics goes back to ancient times and the
>> beginnings of counting in the Neolithic period. Evidence first beginnings
>> of counting range about 50,000 years ago. )
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> If, as I suspect, that evidence is based on marks made on bones or cave
> walls or the like, it is the beginning of writing, which is what I said
> marked the first evidence of counting.
And for some people also the last.
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