What are the Ishango & Lebombo bones?
September 30, 2022
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as posted by the channelThe Ishango Bone is an archaeological artifact from the Paleolithic era, dating to around 22,000 years ago and discovered in 1957 in the Congo. It has three parallel columns of small incisions, numbering 48, 60, and 60 respectively, for a total of 168. The Lebombo Bone was discovered in the 1970s in a cave near South Africa and Swaziland, and dates to around 44,000 years ago. It has 29 incisions in one column.
Ever since the bones were found, there has been considerable professional debate over the meaning of their markings. Additionally, in the public sphere the bone has been given a range of interpretations by various different interest groups.
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