When did human ancestors first learn to count? Well now that is a tricky question to answer. Rudimentary counting likely began with our fingers and may have advanced to dividing out pebbles into ...

Archaeologists have dug up many ancient, notched bones all around the world, but the Ishango bone is different. On it, there are markings that suggest its owners were making the first attempts at ...

The Avery Research Center stands tall in a dignified brick building that housed a secondary school for black men and women for almost a century on Bull Street. In modern times, the structure has been ...

“I have composed the piece entitled ‘Ishango bone’ for the violin, alto violin, and cello and it will be performed by foreign musicians,” he told Mehr News Agency. The Ishango bone, which dates back ...