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Many people around the world learn to count on their fingers, but we don't all do it in the same way. Could there be a better method? How would you count to 10 on your fingers? Do you start with the ...

Some 60,000 years ago, in what is now western France, a Neanderthal picked up a chunk of hyena femur and a stone tool and began to work. When the task was complete, the bone bore nine notches that ...

Using fingers to count is an important part of learning maths in young children, researchers have found. They found that children who learned to count with their fingers, in combination with games ...

We use numbers everyday so it’s easy to forget that counting isn’t just about learning numeracy skills, it also involves a lot of new vocabulary for Early Years learners. Getting familiar with ...

Jean-Charles Pelland's work has been made possible by financial support from the ‘QUANTA: Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification’ project, which has received funding from the European ...