- Workshop on the Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification in Switzerland
In the idyllic Swiss village of Charmey, from May 21 to 24, 2024, Team ETH Zürich hosted the bi-annual QUANTA project workshop bringing together the teams from Bordeaux, Leipzig, Bristol and… Read more: Workshop on the Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification in Switzerland - QUANTA in Brussels: Investigating the Ishango Notched Bones and the Hypothesis that They Play a Role in the Origins of Counting and Mathematics
The engraved and notched artefacts from Ishango (Democratic Republic of Congo) are currently considered some of the oldest evidence of counting and mathematics, dated back at least 20,000 years ago. Much… Read more: QUANTA in Brussels: Investigating the Ishango Notched Bones and the Hypothesis that They Play a Role in the Origins of Counting and Mathematics - Unlocking the mystery of Palaeolithic polished gravel
Counting with the help of homologous items is widely attested in the ethnographic record. A team of QUANTA researchers has just published in the journal PLOS ONE results of the analysis… Read more: Unlocking the mystery of Palaeolithic polished gravel - Humans didn’t evolve to count so numbers remain a challenge
QUANTA PI Rafael Núñez in conversation with KPBS Science and Technology reporter Thomas Fudge on our relationship with numbers. Listen to the interview:https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2022/06/15/humans-didnt-evolve-count-numbers-remain-challenge Published June 15, 2022 - Is Math Invented or Discovered?
Scientific Controversies: QUANTA PI Rafael Núñez debates the nature of mathematics with MIT physicist Max Tegmark. Watch the debate hosted by Director of Sciences Janna Levin at Pioneer Works on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c0JGQ28OM0&t=6s… Read more: Is Math Invented or Discovered? - A new study reveals how Homo sapiens was making clothes 39,000 years ago
A team of French and Spanish archaeologists report in the journal Science Advances the discovery in Catalunya of a leather punch board dating to 39,600 years BP. The study reveals that… Read more: A new study reveals how Homo sapiens was making clothes 39,000 years ago - Documentary featuring QUANTA researchers
The Japanese TV channel NHK produced in 2022 a documentary on Palaeolithic art around the world and the use of symbols during this period. The QUANTA project was involved in the… Read more: Documentary featuring QUANTA researchers - Nature: How did Neanderthals and other ancient humans learn to count?
The QUANTA project’s research into the origins of numbers has been featured in an article in Nature by science journalist Colin Barras. Read the article here: How did Neanderthals and other… Read more: Nature: How did Neanderthals and other ancient humans learn to count?
