Timeline of Human Inventions

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13.8 Billion Years of Discovery

Scroll through time to see how human inventions accelerated from fire to artificial intelligence.

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Timeline of Human Inventions

13.8 Billion Years of Discovery

The Big Bang

Birth of Earth

First Life

Discovery of Fire

Agriculture

The Wheel

Writing

Bronze Age

Iron Working

Paper

Magnetic Compass

Gunpowder

Printing Press

Telescope

Microscope

Steam Engine

Electric Battery

Photography

Telephone

Light Bulb

Automobile

X-Ray

Airplane

Radio Broadcasting

Television

Nuclear Energy

Electronic Computer

Transistor

DNA Structure

Artificial Satellite

Internet

Personal Computer

World Wide Web

Smartphone

AI Revolution

The Present