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I'd go with either language, mathematics (though it can be a language, it is important for the "arithmetic" part more), or the alphabet.
Essentially, there probably has always been some kind of language. Even most dumb animals have a language of some sort. So it is debateable to whether or not man created it. But let's say he did and also did any other of the above which might be interpreted to exist in the animal world, such bee movements for navigation which might be seen both as an alphabet and mathematics.
The thing about the alphabet is that one doesn't need to know all the different symbols for all the different examples, unlike pictographs or grunts and gestures.
And mathematics? Those societies that had some form probably advanced better than those societies that didn't.
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Language is not really an invention it is simply the evolution of basic special communication.
I am goign to put forward the simple plow in all its various evolutions form simple breaking stick of the neolithic to the modern mechanized versions.
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Part of the question that must be asked is if some great invention would exist if something invented before it didn't exist?
Would everything afterwards exist, be "discovered", if man hadn't invented the knowledge to steal the kill out of the tree of the panther (bad news for the cat)?
Hence, man's greatest invention? Observation and evaluation.
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Hence, man's greatest invention? Observation and evaluation.
No. Observation was not a man-made invention. Animals at every level in the food chain observe, or become prey. Evaluation is employed by all sentient creatures, not just man. The 2 points are the results of evolution.Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
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It's a good invention, but not completely necessary for societies to flourish. Just look at the Native Americans."The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and smell the ashes." G-Man
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Originally posted by leibstandarte10 View PostIt's a good invention, but not completely necessary for societies to flourish. Just look at the Native Americans.
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