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The only 3 real-life innovations we actually use:

- Vehicles. Invented in Mesopotamia about 7,500 years ago.

- Buildings. Invented by Neanderthalers about 44,000 years ago.

- Tools. Invented by early humans some 2,500,000 years ago.

I'm mostly kidding - but I do think the 'innovations' listed in the article are rather broad.




Vehicles and buildings are clearly members of the "tool" category. Especially where they intersect. For example, the bikeshed.


Interesting way of thinking.

I'd add Agriculture and Cooking, too. Maybe also Medicine.

Edit: and writing?


Did Neanderthals build dwellings or similar structures? I don't think I've heard that before.


Suspect the source is http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/8963177... or similar.




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