A science and technology timeline

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Date Invention or discovery Articles on Explain that stuff Prehistory 4–5 billion years ago Sun starts to produce energy. Solar cellsEnergy 10 million years ago. Humans make the first tools from stone, wood, antlers, and bones. Tools and machines 1–2 million years ago Humans discover fire. BiofuelsCandlesCar enginesJet engines 25,000– […]

History of Technology Timeline | Britannica

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History of Technology Timeline | Britannica © Kran Kanthawong/Dreamstime.com 3.3 million years ago: The first toolsThe history of technology begins even before the beginning of our own species. Sharp flakes of stone used as knives and larger unshaped stones used as hammers and anvils have been uncovered at Lake Turkana […]

Internet History Timeline: ARPANET to the World Wide Web

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Credit for the initial concept that developed into the World Wide Web is typically given to Leonard Kleinrock. In 1961, he wrote about ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet, in a paper entitled “Information Flow in Large Communication Nets.” Kleinrock, along with other innnovators such as J.C.R. Licklider, the first […]