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Negative numbers were first recorded in ancient China, where they appeared in the Han Dynasty around the 2nd century BCE, primarily in the context of accounting and mathematics. The Chinese used red rods for positive numbers and black rods for negative ones. While other cultures, such as Indian mathematicians, also recognized negative numbers later on, it is China that is credited with their earliest documented use.

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