A long-term timeline of technology | Our World In Data
Excerpt: Technology over the long run
The big visualization offers a long-term perspective on the history of technology.1
"The timeline begins at the center of the spiral. The first use of stone tools, 3.4 million years ago, marks the beginning of this history of technology.2 Each turn of the spiral represents years of history. It took – 12 turns of the spiral – for our ancestors to control fire and use it for cooking.
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