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

Glue

Funerals (in the form of burial)

4. Cooking over fire or Clothing?

Cooking

Clothing

5. Beads or Boats?

Beads

Boats

6. Arrows or Long Distance Trade?

Arrows

Long Distance Trade

7. The Flute or Rope?

Flute

Rope

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

Domestication of the Dog

A map of the night sky

9. Alcohol or Agriculture?

Agriculture

Alcohol

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?

Ruler

Dictionary

14. Copper Pipes or Rhinoplasty?

Rhinoplasty

Copper Pipes

15. Concrete or Glass

Glass

Concrete

16. Scissors or Weighing Scales?

Weighing Scales

Scissors

17. Lighthouse or Caesarean Section?

Lighthouse

Caesarean Section

18. Coins or Musical Notation?

Musical Notation

Coins

19. Corporations or The Water Wheel?

Water Wheel

Corporations

20. Newspapers or the discovery of Zero?

Zero

Newspapers

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