• Sharkwellington@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    A more entertaining possibility suggests 12 stemmed from the number of joints on the four (non-thumb) fingers of one hand.

    Well now I'm conscious of all the joints in my non-thumb fingers.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You can easily count to 12 with just one hand, and you can count to 60 with both hands, in the babylonian style, by using the finger segments.