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Ishango bone

Proper noun

Meaning

the Ishango bone

A bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era, known for a series of what has been interpreted as tally marks carved in three columns running the length of the tool.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Common interpretations are that the Ishango bone shows either the earliest known demonstration of sequences of prime numbers citation or a six-month lunar calendar. Source: Internet

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