Greatest prehistoric invention
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If our ancestors had not learned how to master fire the history of the world up to modern times would not have happened.
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mankind did not invent fire, but it was surely one of the greatest discoveries by mankind.
^ True that, without fire they wouldn't have achieved technological and cultural advances .
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yea, fire enabled survival which resulted in everything else.
but this (beginning of the film) is a close second to discoveries...
but this (beginning of the film) is a close second to discoveries...
Wow. This is a cool thread and very hard to choose.
We can pretty much rule out religion, music and art (sadly
), animal domestication and trade/money. All are important, but not at the level of the others. We can also rule out fire, as it wasn't an invention.
I'm going to have to go with the wheel. It makes all the other ones easier.
We can pretty much rule out religion, music and art (sadly
), animal domestication and trade/money. All are important, but not at the level of the others. We can also rule out fire, as it wasn't an invention. I'm going to have to go with the wheel. It makes all the other ones easier.
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I agree that fire was more of a discovery than an invention. I voted "wheel" since it allowed for much easier transportation but I would say that a very close second is agriculture since it allowed the development of static settlements and communities in place of the nomadic hunter/gatherer lifestyle that preceded it. The subsequent development of towns, cities, nations and their accompanying cultures would have been impossible without it. Good topic!
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Thank you, that was the key to everything else :glugglug:
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Wow. This is a cool thread and very hard to choose.
We can pretty much rule out religion, music and art (sadly
I'm going to have to go with the wheel. It makes all the other ones easier.
Like iva said this is so hard to choose.I have to go with animals they have brought us a very long way in life from hunting them to hunting with them.Even guarding us as we sleep.:dunno:Great thread:glugglug:
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Prostitution.
But, since that was not on the list, I chose writing. Finally, we were able to pass all of those ideas and secrets of other inventions and pass them onto others, rather than just with word of mouth.
"And, to make the fire, John said he...uh...let's see. I forget. I think he said something about walking into the mouth of a volcano. That should work!"
It also helped even further the development of our minds, helping not only to further conversation and communication, but creativity.
But, since that was not on the list, I chose writing. Finally, we were able to pass all of those ideas and secrets of other inventions and pass them onto others, rather than just with word of mouth.
"And, to make the fire, John said he...uh...let's see. I forget. I think he said something about walking into the mouth of a volcano. That should work!"
It also helped even further the development of our minds, helping not only to further conversation and communication, but creativity.
In my mind it has to be fire. Sure, they didn't "invent" fire, but they did discover how to create it when needed, and this was a huge step forward.
Writing.
The mastery of fire was probably more important but as has been said, we didn't really "invent" it.
I place writing over the wheel based largely on the Mayans. They never had the wheel. They had the concept of the circle, to be sure. But they never invented the wheel as a utility.
But they had writing, and look how advanced they were with science and mathmatics.
Granted...the Mayans weren't prehistoric but they're still an example of the importance of an invention.
The mastery of fire was probably more important but as has been said, we didn't really "invent" it.
I place writing over the wheel based largely on the Mayans. They never had the wheel. They had the concept of the circle, to be sure. But they never invented the wheel as a utility.
But they had writing, and look how advanced they were with science and mathmatics.
Granted...the Mayans weren't prehistoric but they're still an example of the importance of an invention.
Beer, duh - 9,000 BC
Forget beer; spirits, man.
Although, beer really can be a meal in a can. I vote for the wheel. Funny that some places on earth the folks still haven't evolved so far as to have even discovered the wheel (think Pigmies :1orglaugh).
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