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The Lebombo bone is the oldest known mathematical artifact. It dates from 
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.https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LebomboBone.html