der.hansDec 20

Using powers of 2 before there were numbers

Researchers think northern Mesopotamian pottery shards from over 7,000 years ago show evidence of geometry, symmetry, and spatial long division

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a69801345/first-evidence-of-math/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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Archaeologists Uncovered the First Evidence of Math—Before Numbers Were Even Invented

Halafian culture arranged floral depictions on pottery with symmetry and numerical sequences, displaying one of the earliest pieces of mathematical thinking.

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