- A research team based in the Netherlands has uncovered a point in Early Bronze Age history that may have been the beginning of currency as we know it. Civilizations some 5,000-4,000 years ago (3,000-2,100 BC) used the weight of these objects to measure and use them as money. https://www.inverse.com/science/origins-of-money 3 comments worldnews
- The origins of money: Researchers found that 70% of certain bronze objects from the early Bronze Age (3000-2100 BC) are indistinguishably the same weight, implying they were created to be interchangeable. Shaped like rings, ax blades, and ribs, they are thought to be the first evidence of currency. https://www.inverse.com/science/origins-of-money 455 comments science
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