Numbers and the making of us: counting and the course of human cultures

Prologue: On the success of our species

Part 1. Numbers pervade the human experience. 1. Numbers woven into our present ; 2. Numbers carved into our past ; 3. A numerical journey around the world today ; 4. Beyond number words : other kinds of numeric language

Part 2. Worlds without numbers. 5. Anumeric people today ; 6. Quantities in the minds of young children ; 7. Quantities in the minds of animals

Part 3. Numbers and the shaping of our lives. 8. Inventing numbers and arithmetic ; 9. Numbers and culture : subsistence and symbolism ; 10. Transformative tools.