means old and lithos means stone), extending from 2.5 to 2.6 million years to
10,000 BC. Actually noone can name the inventors of those age, I think no one can.
Year | Invention | Remarks |
---|---|---|
2.4 Ma* | Stone Tools | in East Africa |
1.65 Ma | Stone Tools | in Kenya |
1.4 Ma | Knife | Ethiopia |
1 Ma | Controlled fire | in East Africa |
1 Ma | Sterilization of food and water (cooking) | in East Africa |
500 ka | Shelter construction | |
100-500 ka | Clothing | |
400 ka | Pigments | in Zambia |
400 ka | Spears | in Germany |
200 ka | Burial | in Africa |
100 ka | Lithic blades | in Africa and the Near East |
60 ka | Ships | probably used by settlers of New Guinea |
50 ka | Flute | in Slovenia |
50 ka | Bow | in Tunisia |
43 ka | Mining | in Swaziland and Hungary |
37 ka | Tally sticks | in Swaziland |
30 ka | Sewing needles | |
26 ka | Ceramics | in Moravia |
25 ka | Atlatl | in Northwest Africa |
17 ka | twisted Rope | (probably much earlier) |
15 ka | Boomerang | in Australia |
12 ka | Basket weaving |
* Ma,(megaannum) is a unit of time equal to one million (10^6) years
** ka, (kiloannum) is a unit of time equal to one thousand years.
2 comments:
if you could include some more specific examples that would be great.
Is there such a thing as camel hair sewing?
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