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From the Vault: Where do numbers come from?

Jul 23, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Hango Bone
02:29 • 4min
3
What's So Special About the Quartz Tip?
06:54 • 2min
4
What Are the Numbers in the Slashes?
08:43 • 4min
5
I Want to Have the Riddle Solved, Right?
12:55 • 3min
6
How Did Neander Talls Learn to Count?
16:05 • 4min
7
Is This a Hyaena Bone?
19:52 • 2min
8
What if Early Hominins Were Butchering Animal Carcasses With Stone Cutting Tools?
22:07 • 2min
9
A New Approach to Number Marking
24:05 • 2min
10
Is There a Marking in a Bone?
26:07 • 2min
11
Slash Redeem Rewards - The City Advantage Platinum Select Card
28:29 • 3min
12
What if the Numbers Are Relationships?
31:09 • 3min
13
Is There a Difference Between 27 and 28?
34:20 • 2min
14
What Is Material Engagement Theory?
36:36 • 4min
15
Law Codes
40:12 • 2min
16
Morbid - A Podcast Series That's So Good
41:46 • 2min
17
The City Advantage Platinum Select Card Is Your Ticket to Adventure
43:43 • 3min
18
What Is the Idea Behind the Clay Envelope?
47:02 • 2min
19
The Imprint, the Symbol, the Numbers
48:35 • 3min
20
The Use of Mathematics in the Mesopotamian Region
51:36 • 2min
21
The Origin of Numerical Systems
53:50 • 3min
22
The Use of Decimal Systems for Timekeeping
57:03 • 3min
23
Finger Bone Counting
59:44 • 2min
24
You Use Math, You Know?
01:01:42 • 5min