The reason humans use 10 as the basis for counting is that we have ten fingers.

Humans are born with a calculator in hand, which is our fingers.

We count one, two, three... and after ten, we start over. This simple habit ultimately created the decimal system.

The earliest traces are very primitive. Numbers were recorded by making marks or dots on stones or bones.

However, as you continue to count, the need for grouping naturally arises. Grouping by ten makes counting easier.

Using both hands, it fits perfectly. This is where the concept of "base 10" comes from. It's a structure that all humans tend to think similarly about.

In ancient civilizations, the decimal system gradually became more systematic. Ancient Egypt already used a number system based on 10.

Units like 1, 10, 100, and 1000 were marked separately. However, there was no concept of place value like we have now, so longer numbers were cumbersome to write.

Still, the basic idea was already complete. A more significant development came from Ancient India.

Here, the concept of "place value" was organized. Depending on where the 1 is placed, it can represent 1, 10, or 100.

And crucially, '0' appears. This is revolutionary. Without 0, the decimal system wouldn't function at all.

There would be no way to express an empty place. The framework of the number system we use today was essentially completed at this time.

This system traveled through the Middle East to Europe. The term "Arabic numerals" comes from this route.

Although it actually started in India, it is called that because the route to Europe was through the Middle East.

As commerce and science developed, the decimal system essentially became the standard. It is fast for calculations, has good scalability, and is easy to learn.

Of course, the decimal system wasn't the only one. Babylon used a base-60 system. That's why we still see traces of it in time and angles.

One hour has 60 minutes, and a circle has 360 degrees because of this.

The Maya Civilization used a base-20 system, counting not just fingers but also toes.

So, humans didn't necessarily cling to 10. It was just the most convenient base.

Thus, humanity didn't choose the decimal system through grand mathematical philosophy. We simply stopped counting at our fingers.

This simple choice has continued for thousands of years, becoming the "standard." Later, logic and systems were added to it.

So even now, computers don't necessarily use the decimal system. They use the Binary System.

This is because electrical signals are more stable in two states: on and off. Humans find 10 convenient, while machines find 2 convenient.