Caleb Everett Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Professor of Anthropology

Articles by: Caleb Everett Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Cultures without numbers, or with only one or two precise numbers, include the Piraha (shown here), who live along the sinuous banks of the black Maici River in Amazonia.

'Anumeric' People: When Languages Have No Words for Numbers

By Caleb Everett Andrew Carnegie Fellow published

From the Amazon to Nicaragua, there are humans who never learn numbers. What can these anumeric cultures teach us about ourselves?