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European evolution, train tales and the history of mathematics

The David McWilliams Podcast

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The Hsangobon: The First Evidence of Mathematics

The Hsangobon was probably the femur of some mammal, maybe a baboon. Belgian archaeologists found it and thought it looked to them like the very first evidence of mathematics. The Royal Belgian Museum for Central Africa is a museum of plundered sculptures and artwork which was robbed from the Africans. We've done that before; anybody wants to hear about casement again?

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