Numbers and human development

The concepts of numbers are a human invention, like the wheel; it was invented and developed over thousands of years. And since numbers are engraved in our past and present; they shape our perception of the world and ourselves more than we often think. This book is a comprehensive description of the fundamental role that numbers have played in enhancing human cognitive abilities and igniting the revolution of human civilization. The author combines many new perspectives in psychology, anthropology, primatology, linguistics, and other fields, to interpret the vast number of human behaviors and thought patterns that numbers have enabled us to understand, from imagining time in new ways, to facilitating the development of writing, agriculture, and other aspects of civilization advancement. Without numbers, the world would not have become the way we know it today.