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    The lebombo bone is the oldest known mathematical artifact.
    It dates from 35000 BC and consists of 29 distinct notches that were deliberately cut into a baboon's fibula. It was discovered within a cave in the Lebombo mountains of Swaziland.

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      Pegg, Ed Jr. "Lebombo Bone." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LebomboBone.html

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