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The Lower Paleolithic period lasted over 3 million years, during which there many human-like species evolved including toward the end of this period, Homo sapiens.The original divergence between humans and chimpanzees occurred 13 (), however interbreeding continued until as recently as 4 Ma, with the first species clearly belonging to the human (and not chimpanzee) lineage being ...
2005 YouTube. Born from the PayPal Mafia in 2005, YouTube is the world's most popular video sharing site. In 2006, Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion. 2006 Blu-ray Disc. A digital optical disc data storage format. It was designed to supersede the DVD format, and is capable of storing several hours of video in high-definition. 2007 Nanowire ...
Image credits: Isabella Thornton #2 An Early Motorised Scooter. The Autoped was an early vision of today's scooters. This was a personal transport system originally developed in 1915.
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
5. Play-Doh. Who: Kay Zufall, Brian, Joseph McVicker, Bill Rhodenbaugh When: 1956 . How it was created: The gooey toy kids have been playing with for decades began as a household cleaning product ...
10th century – sea-going junk ships built in China. Late 10th century – Kamal invented in Arab world. 1044 – Compass invented in China. 13th century (or before) – Rocket missiles used in China. Rocket powered passenger vehicles did not appear until 1939. 1350 – Compass dial invented by Ibn al-Shatir. 1479–1519 – Da Vinci sketches ...
An AI-powered toilet seat has been named by Time Magazine as one of the top 200 inventions of 2024. It optically scans a user’s stool and urine, to detect any concerning changes that might ...