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Inventions Timeline

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Key inventions and technologies through human history, in chronological order.

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  1. 1When were the earliest stone tools created?
    3.3-2.6 million years ago in Kenya and Ethiopia by Australopithecus
  2. 2When was fire likely first controlled and used for cooking?
    2.3 million years ago by Homo habilis
  3. 3When were advanced (Acheulean) stone tools first made?
    1.76 million years ago in Kenya by Homo erectus
  4. 4When were bone tools first created?
    1.5 million years ago in Africa by Homo erectus and/or Paranthropus boisei
  5. 5When were boats first used?
    900,000-40,000 years ago
  6. 6When was hafting (attaching a handle to a tool) invented?
    500,000 years ago in South Africa by Homo heidelbergensis
  7. 7When were the Schöningen spears made?
    337,000-300,000 years ago in Germany, likely by Homo heidelbergensis
  8. 8When was long-distance trade first practiced?
    320,000 years ago in Kenya (up to 50 miles for obsidian)
  9. 9When were stone-tipped projectile weapons invented?
    279,000 years ago in Ethiopia with hafted weapons
  10. 10When was the first adhesive (glue) created?
    200,000 years ago in Central Italy by Neanderthals using birch tar
  11. 11When were beds invented?
    200,000 years ago in South Africa
  12. 12When was clothing first worn by anatomically modern humans?
    170,000-90,000 years ago in Africa (genetic evidence from body lice)
  13. 13When were beads first created?
    135,000-100,000 years ago in Israel and Algeria
  14. 14When were compound paints first made?
    100,000 years ago in South Africa using processed ochre
  15. 15When were burials (funerals) first practiced?
    100,000 years ago in Israel
  16. 16When were harpoons invented?
    90,000 years ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  17. 17When were arrows and bow-and-arrow technology developed?
    70,000-60,000 years ago in Sibudu Cave, South Africa
  18. 18When was the sewing needle invented?
    70,000-60,000 years ago in Sibudu Cave, South Africa
  19. 19When was the first cave painting made?
    61,000-62,000 years ago in Spain by Neanderthals
  20. 20When were ground stone tools first made?
    49,000-30,000 years ago (fragments of an axe in Australia)
  21. 21When were the oldest known mines created?
    47,000 years ago in Eswatini for extracting hematite for red ochre pigment
  22. 22When were shoes first worn?
    45,000-9,000 years ago (suggested by foot bone changes in Tianyuan man, China)
  23. 23When were tally sticks (early counting devices) used?
    44,000-42,000 years ago (Lebombo bone in Eswatini)
  24. 24When was the flute invented?
    42,000 years ago in Germany
  25. 25When was the spear-thrower (atlatl) invented?
    42,000-17,500 years ago (oldest found in France)
  26. 26When were mortar and pestle first used?
    37,000 years ago in Southwest Asia
  27. 27When were ropes and cords invented?
    32,000-28,000 years ago for hafting tools, weaving baskets, or sewing garments
  28. 28When were amputation and surgery first performed?
    31,000 years ago
  29. 29When were ceramics and weaving invented?
    28,000 years ago in Moravia (Czech Republic) and Georgia
  30. 30When was the oldest known ceramic sculpture made?
    24,000 years ago (Venus of Dolní Věstonice)

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