What Came First? (Paleolithic-1st Century BCE)

Chose which invention came first. All innovations occurred between the Lower Paleolithic and the 1st century B.C.E.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_historic_inventions

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1. Pottery or Bread?

Bread

Pottery

2. Stone Tools or Spoken Language?

The oldest Stone Tools are 3.3 million years old. Human speech is around 350,000 years old

Stone Tools

Spoken Language

3. Funerals or Glue?

Glues was invented 200,000 years ago in Central Italy by Neanderthals. Beds came 133, 000 years later

Funerals (in the form of burial)

Glue

4. Cooking over fire or Clothing?

Cooking

Clothing

5. Beads or Boats?

Boats

Beads

6. Arrows or Long Distance Trade?

Long Distance Trade

Arrows

7. The Flute or Rope?

Rope

Flute

8. Domestication of the Dog or A map of the Night Sky?

A map of the night sky

Domestication of the Dog

9. Alcohol or Agriculture?

Alcohol

Agriculture

10. Writing or Domestication of Sheep?

Writing

Domestication of Sheep

11. Latrines or Paved Roads?

Latrines

Paved Roads

12. Writing or Paper?

Paper

Writing

13. Dictionary or the Ruler?

Dictionary

Ruler

14. Copper Pipes or Rhinoplasty?

Copper Pipes

Rhinoplasty

15. Concrete or Glass

Concrete

Glass

16. Scissors or Weighing Scales?

Scissors

Weighing Scales

17. Lighthouse or Caesarean Section?

Lighthouse

Caesarean Section

18. Coins or Musical Notation?

Musical Notation

Coins

19. Corporations or The Water Wheel?

Corporations

Water Wheel

20. Newspapers or the discovery of Zero?

Zero

Newspapers

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