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. Date: BCE

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. Date: BCE
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Image Number: 4220-20415077Rights ManagedCredit Line:Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library/Pantheon/SuperStockCollection:Mary Evans Picture LibraryContributor:Illustrated London News LtdModel Release:NoProperty Release:NoResolution:3504×6734
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