> I am going to guess base 10 is prevalent because we have 10 fingers ? :) Yeah, basically. There are other ways to count on your hands though. I seem to recal

> I am going to guess base 10 is prevalent because we have 10 fingers ? :) Yeah, basically. There are other ways to count on your hands though. I seem to recall there are places that count on their hands using the 12 finger joints (or segments), and it works just as well. Edit: To clarify, they use their thumb to point to the joints or segments on each of their fingers, in turn.