No, it's not that. So a lot of mathematical research is serial, so an extra millennium has worth that multitudes of mathematicians (in the last 150 years, for

No, it's not that. So a lot of mathematical research is serial, so an extra millennium has worth that multitudes of mathematicians (in the last 150 years, for instance) lack. It's also very hierarchical, and Maya were the civilization that most put emphasis on mathematics. Although yes, there's practically nothing left, the length of year figure they had, very little else.