Definition:Wolf Bone
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Definition
The (Czechoslovakian) wolf bone is a wolf bone dating from approximately $30 \ 000$ years ago, bearing $57$ marks which appear to have been made deliberately.
It was discovered in $1937$ in Czechoslovakia at Dolní Věstonice in Moravia, by a team led by Karl Absolon.
The markings are believed to be tally marks, and are arranged in $11$ groups of $5$, with $2$ left over.
The untestable hypothesis has been made that the number corresponds to a double lunar period.
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Sources
- 2008: Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $1$: Tokens, Tallies and Tablets: Tally marks