How Ancient Humans Counted Without Numbers
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Discover how ancient humans counted without numbers, using tallies, body parts, and simple matching. Learn the surprising limits of exact counting and how our ancestors managed trade, time, and quantities. Chapters: 00:00 No word for seven 00:12 Three questions 00:24 The myth 00:36 You get exactly three for free 00:48 And approximate for the rest 01:00 Bees can do this 01:12 Exactness runs out at four 01:24 The matching task 01:36 A tool, not a capacity 01:48 One mark, one thing 02:00 The oldest tally 02:12 Except it is broken 02:24 The famous one 02:36 Or it might be us 02:48 Grouped in fives 03:00 Counting on your body 03:12 The shoulder is a number 03:24 Why sixty minutes 03:36 The gesture is still running 03:48 The tokens 04:00 A record with no writing 04:12 The sealed ball 04:24 You do not need the tokens 04:36 Writing was invented for stock control 04:48 Three sheep and three jars 05:00 Then somebody wrote nothing down 05:12 The unforgeable receipt 05:24 Six hundred years 05:36 They burned the parliament down 05:48 The words came last 06:00 Somebody needed to be sure
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