30 Why did so many of our oldest counting systems use base-12? Because the gods these cultures worshipped had 6 fingers, and they were the source of the knowledge of numeracy (according to Enoch and other sources) (media.scored.co) posted 1 year ago by Graphenium 1 year ago by Graphenium +31 / -1 46 comments share 46 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Ounce and inch likewise derive from base-12 numeracy, in terms of examples of this system persisting.
It really seems to have touched every continent in the time before recorded history.