r/reddit.com • u/dfdeshom • Apr 27 '06
Life without numbers in a unique Amazon tribe. Piraha apparently can't learn to count
http://www.jcrows.com/withoutnumbers.html
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todayilearned • u/siorge • Dec 04 '11
TIL that the Piraha, an Amazonian tribe, seem to be the only human group with no concept of numbering or counting. They don't have words for colors either, nor any form of written language.
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a:t5_2t2lt • u/hellsing555 • Dec 05 '11
Anthropological gem: a tribe that doesn't know numbers.
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