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History of mathematics - Mathematics in prehistory | | History of mathematics - Mathematics in prehistory: Encyclopedia II - History of mathematics - Mathematics in prehistory | | Long before the earliest written records, there are drawings that indicate a knowledge of mathematics and of measurement of time based on the stars. For example, paleontologists have discovered ochre rocks in a cave in South Africa adorned with scratched geometric patterns dating back more than 70,000 years [1]. Also prehistoric artifacts discovered in Africa and France, dated between 35000 BC and 20000 BC, indicate early attempts to quantify time Evidence exists that early counting involved women who kept records of their monthly biological ...
See also:History of mathematics, History of mathematics - Mathematics in prehistory, History of mathematics - Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics 2000 BC - 600 BC, History of mathematics - Ancient Indian mathematics 800 BC - 200 BC, History of mathematics - Greek and Hellenistic mathematics 550 BC - 200 BC, History of mathematics - Chinese mathematics 200 BC - AD 1200, History of mathematics - Classical Indian mathematics 200 BC - AD 1600, History of mathematics - Arabic and Persian mathematics 650 - 1500, History of mathematics - European Renaissance mathematics 1200 - 1600, History of mathematics - 17th century, History of mathematics - 18th century, History of mathematics - Complex numbers, History of mathematics - Miscellaneous historical notes, History of mathematics - Notes | | | History of mathematics, History of mathematics - 17th century, History of mathematics - 18th century, History of mathematics - Ancient Indian mathematics 800 BC - 200 BC, History of mathematics - Arabic and Persian mathematics 650 - 1500, History of mathematics - Chinese mathematics 200 BC - AD 1200, History of mathematics - Classical Indian mathematics 200 BC - AD 1600, History of mathematics - Complex numbers, History of mathematics - Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics 2000 BC - 600 BC, History of mathematics - European Renaissance mathematics 1200 - 1600, History of mathematics - Greek and Hellenistic mathematics 550 BC - 200 BC, History of mathematics - Mathematics in prehistory, History of mathematics - Miscellaneous historical notes, History of mathematics - Notes | | |
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History of mathematics - Mathematics in prehistory
Long before the earliest written records, there are drawings that indicate a knowledge of mathematics and of measurement of time based on the stars. For example, paleontologists have discovered ochre rocks in a cave in South Africa adorned with scratched geometric patterns dating back more than 70,000 years [1]. Also prehistoric artifacts discovered in Africa and France, dated between 35000 BC and 20000 BC, indicate early attempts to quantify time Evidence exists that early counting involved women who kept records of their monthly biological cycles; twenty-eight, twenty-nine, or thirty scratches on bone or stone, followed by a distinctive scratching on the bone or stone, for example. Moreover, hunters had the concepts of one, two, and many, as well as the idea of none or zero, when considering herds of animals. (references: [2], [3], [4]).
Predynastic Egyptians of the 5th millennium BC pictorially represented geometric spatial designs. The Indus Valley civilization in Pakistan/North India circa 3000 BC developed a system of uniform weights and measures, a surprisingly advanced brick technology which utilised ratios, and a number of geometrical shapes and designs, including circles, cuboids, barrels, cones, and cylinders. Megalithic monuments from the 3rd millennium BC in England and Scotland incorporate circles, ellipses, and Pythagorean triples in their design, and a possible understanding of the measurement of time based on the movement of the stars.
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