12,000-year-old dice hint at gambling habits as early as the last Ice Age

https://nypost.com/2026/04/02/science/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-humans-gambling-during-ice-age/

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Zachariah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 141d (1 reply)

How do we know it was gambling? Maybe it was just dice addiction. They’re just so damn cool. I can stop buying them anytime I want. I promise!

Just please don’t check my mailbox for the latest Kickstarter I pledged. Or my recent Etsy or eBay orders. Or my Amazon history.

Akasazh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 141d

Maybe they were playing caves& lions

jcr@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 141d

Maybe it was just role playing games !

Drusas@fedia.io · 1 pts · 140d

There's no reason to assume that dice have to have been used for gambling.