QQC all.about.numbers.

Quote:
"In many tribes around the world, where people counted mainly using their fingers (and sometimes all kinds of other body parts), the words they used for the numbers they wanted to express were mainly to do with the use fo fingers and hands."

Questions:
Did the evolution of numbers start with the growth of population and need for more things?

Comments:
I never really looked at how numbers came about. Back then, in the old beginners day, it would be annoying to not know how much of something you had. It would be easy to steal small things that were by quantity because no one would have a proper wqay of accounting for all they had. How did they consider someone rich or poor, if they couldn't count. They didnt know how much someone had of anything. The use of rocks and sticks for counting how many people cae back in a war was smart, to an extent. Like... what if one of the rocks broke? So now you have more rocks than you people, so you would think that someone died because I doubt they accounted for the exact rock they put down. Crazy though. Numbers really are an iportant thing in everyday life, and we use them everywhere. We count everything, even when we don't know we do. Like now thinking back on it, I count everything all the time. To measure and account for things... So yeqh. But not having a specific number code for everything would make life easier. Especially when you wanna know your bank statement or need to pay a billl, how would you represent such large numbers? Hmmm. Makes me think...