 
 <prompt> Wetin be di earliest way wey pipo dey use sometin for very long time? Based on di question wey dey before dis one, write sometin wey get di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context: <response>: ```Devices don dey use to help with calculation for thousands of years, mostly using one-to-one correspondence with fingers. The earliest counting device fit be form of tally stick. Later record keeping aids throughout the Fertile Crescent included calculi (clay spheres, cones, etc.) which represented counts of items, probably livestock or grains, sealed in hollow unbaked clay containers. The use of counting rods na one example.``` 