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When did humans start counting time/dates? I can't seem to find the answer.
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One another angle to find answer to the question "When did....time" is to find out the oldest time measuring system / gadget known to human. It may approximately determine the time when TIME counting started.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 5531612 look out for some mammoth bone with scratches The scratch's represent when a predator was gnawing at it. ah....not the scratches are better referred to as etches.... KEThe ke is a traditional Chinese unit of decimal time lasting approximately a quarter of a western hour. Traditionally the ke divides a day into 100 equal intervals of 14.4 minutes (14 m 24 s). The ke is equivalent to the centiday (cd), a non-SI prefixed unit.
Ke literally means 'to etch' or 'to cut', and it is part of the noun Kedu which refers to etched-on markings on measuring devices
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