Question #339318

1.1 On which very old object does a table of prime numbers appear? 


Expert's answer

Ishango bone

This Ishango bone is old, but the oldest "mathematical artifact" currently known is much older. The oldest is a piece of baboon fibula with 29 notches, dated 35,000 BC. This older bone was discovered in the mountains between South Africa and Swaziland.


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