Prehistoric Human use of fire, invention of the wheel, and the history of writing.

The important use of fire has such an impact to us in today’s society. What would we do without this natural invention to heat our homes and cook our food? Even though it is not clear if it was the cause of nature by accident or invented by the Homo erectus. I believe that it was first caused by nature, and the early humans saw it and tried to figure out how it came about. I am pretty sure there had to be some fatal accident by these early humans, when they came upon the discovery of fire. For example, getting burned trying to touch or feel what this spectacle of light was; or jumping into it. YIKES!! (Definitely fatal.) I would not underestimate these early humans on knowledge when it came to any invention. I also believe fire played a role in ancient artwork. For example, clay pots and pans were made with the use of fire. Yes, their brain might be underdeveloped, but, their animal instincts add to this great invention. The wheel which is great for our everyday vehicle has really came along way. Not only did it play a great roll in our transportation , which helped with farming vehicles to tend to our crops, but anything round is significantly important. The wheel or something (round) is found in so many useful things, for example, mechanical devices like clocks, watches, radios, phones etc. The early humans were able to get more tasks done with the wheel, such as farming with this awesome invention. Writing on the other hand compared to the invention of fire and the wheel is very diverse. It was first invented as a form of communication with symbols. Fire went hand in hand with writing to communicate. For example, the heat form the fire was used to heat sticks, which made coal to draw on caves and use for communicating time frames e.g. , a Calendar. The smoke from fire was use to call humans in distance on how to find each other and unlike writing, symbols were also used on caves to communicate. The early humans as set such a foundation for me as a Pre-teaching intern, to take these basic fundamental inventions and advance on them. We have come a long way from this stem of intelligence, which just shows me that learning as no end. Thousands of years ago, these early humans created such great ideas, and we still are benefitting from them today, That just shows how great of an impact Teachers can be on a student with knowledge for many more years to come.