
From the Vault: Where do numbers come from?
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What Are the Numbers in the Slashes?
The number of lines in each grouping really do seem significant, though exactly how best to interpret them is still being debated. There's not really anything that's direct or explicit, but we can learn a few things about the people who would have been living there at the time. The oshangoans appear to have been able to make use of the resources of the lake itself and just stick to its banks. And evidence for this includes lots of different animal bones. They listed a huge number. Ther are tons of fish bones found here from this archaeological strata. But then also a bones of mammals like hippopotamus, ward hog, otter, buffaloso,. some antelope,
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