Cultural Development
HISTORICAL CONCEPTS
Cultural Development
Human Endeavor
ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS
PROGRESSIVE IDEAS
A listing of early human innovations with a rough guess as to the order of their development. Notice that advances start out slowly and occur sporadically across the range of human endeavor. From there, advances are made more quickly and across a broader range. Further progress has tended to occur relatively quickly and in ways which combine and extend our knowledge in an ever-increasing variety of permutations.
Organization
Band, Tribe, Chiefdom, State
Communication
Gesture, Speech, Writing
Material Use
Stone, Wood, Copper, Bronze, Iron, Steel
Technology
Fire, Wheel
Domestication
Animals, Plants
Band Tribe Chiefdom State
Gesture Speech Writing
Stone Wood Copper Bronze
Fire Wheel Iron
Animals Plants Steel
Based on Guns, Germs, and Steel
