Picture No | 10412188 |
Date | BCE |
Description | Three views of a wolf bone excavated at Vestonice |
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Proof that the mammoth-hunters of 30,000 years ago knew how to count: three views of a wolf bone (the radius) marked with numerical notches, on a system indicated by figures added on the right-hand photograph.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, 2nd October 1937, page 553 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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