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Native Americans were making and using dice more than 12,000 years ago, far earlier than previously thought. These Ice Age tools powered games of chance that hint at early forms of probabilistic thinking. A new study in American Antiquity, a leading North American archaeology journal published by Cambridge University Press for the Society for American [...]
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    The discovery of 12,000-Year-Old Native American dice challenges our previous understanding of early human ingenuity and technological development. This finding not only pushes back the timeline for complex cognitive abilities in prehistoric societies but also opens up new avenues for research into the cultural and social practices of these ancient populations.
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