From the March 24, 2012, Listverse.
Again, text and pictures at the site.
10. Logical Thought-- millions of years ago
9. Stone Tools-- 2.6 million years ago
8. Fire-- one million years ago
7. Domestication-- 10,000 years ago
6. Wheel-- 6,000 years ago
5. Mathematics-- 20,000 (How about history?)
4. Metalworking-- 10,000
3. Paper-- 100 BC
2. Printing Press-- 1440
1. Vaccination-- 1724.
Another list. I Don't Remember. --Cooter
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Which Came First: Fire or BBQ?
From the April 9th Bulletin "Study: Fire was in use a million years ago" by Malcolm Ritter AP.
It's been a question of debate for a long time as to when out ancestors began using fire. Right now, there is evidence that it occurred about a million years ago in a cave in South Africa. Ash and burnt bones found there suggest that there were frequent fires there.
Some experts even cite evidence putting it back as far as 1.5 million years ago, but new research at the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa makes it "a pretty strong case." Evidence has also been found in the nearby Swartkrans Cave.
It is believed that burning material was brought from natural blazes into the caves to establish fires there. Stone tools found at the site indicate the humans were Homo Erectus, a species dating back to 2 million years ago.
Hmmmn, Thor, Fire Make Meat Taste better. Pass the BBQ Sauce. --Cooter
It's been a question of debate for a long time as to when out ancestors began using fire. Right now, there is evidence that it occurred about a million years ago in a cave in South Africa. Ash and burnt bones found there suggest that there were frequent fires there.
Some experts even cite evidence putting it back as far as 1.5 million years ago, but new research at the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa makes it "a pretty strong case." Evidence has also been found in the nearby Swartkrans Cave.
It is believed that burning material was brought from natural blazes into the caves to establish fires there. Stone tools found at the site indicate the humans were Homo Erectus, a species dating back to 2 million years ago.
Hmmmn, Thor, Fire Make Meat Taste better. Pass the BBQ Sauce. --Cooter
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