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Step 1: get humans to evolve an extra thumb on each hand Step 2: ??? Step 3: profit

• somat 4y ago
  if you have to count on your fingers just use your thumb to mark each finger bone. 4 fingers 3 bones each, there is twelve right there. now use your other hand the same way as the 10's(12 in base 10) digit. now you can count to 100(144 in base 10) on your fingers. see, much better than base a Babylonian sheepherders did something similar but 12 on one hand and 5 on the other to end up with 60, which is why you see twelve and 60 show up in time measurement.