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SUBMITTER: d'Errico F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5784044 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
d'Errico Francesco F Doyon Luc L Colagé Ivan I Queffelec Alain A Le Vraux Emma E Giacobini Giacomo G Vandermeersch Bernard B Maureille Bruno B
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20170201 1740
How and when did hominins move from the numerical cognition that we share with the rest of the animal world to number symbols? Objects with sequential markings have been used to store and retrieve numerical information since the beginning of the European Upper Palaeolithic (42 ka). An increase in the number of markings and complexity of coding is observed towards the end of this period. The application of new analytical techniques to a 44-42 ka old notched baboon fibula from Border Cave, South A ...[more]