Unordered list: - invention of spinning - invention of weaving (whence, ultimately, computers) - mastery of fire and cooking (this one should actually be first) - invention of vaccines - invention of pasteurization - invasion of the Americas by Europeans; resultant loss of Native peoples, societies, etc - discovery of antibiotics - modern use of fossil fuels (starting, say 1900-ish) - domestication of animals - birth control (we may recently have rediscovered that one Roman contraceptive plant that we thought they drove to extinction! Paper here: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/1/102)
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Date: 2023-10-24 05:32 am (UTC)Unordered list:
- invention of spinning
- invention of weaving (whence, ultimately, computers)
- mastery of fire and cooking (this one should actually be first)
- invention of vaccines
- invention of pasteurization
- invasion of the Americas by Europeans; resultant loss of Native peoples, societies, etc
- discovery of antibiotics
- modern use of fossil fuels (starting, say 1900-ish)
- domestication of animals
- birth control (we may recently have rediscovered that one Roman contraceptive plant that we thought they drove to extinction! Paper here: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/1/102)