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200,000 BCE
Human Speech
This is the time when speech was developing and communication between people began. Specific words were placed on objects and actions. -
30,000 BCE
Cave Paintings
Oldest surviving cave paintings discovered. Humans have found a way to document their lives permanently. -
3500 BCE
Cuneiform
The Sumerians developed a new system to record and write which gave way to Cuneiform, a big step for human literature and writing. -
3000 BCE
Hieroglyph
The Ancient Egyptian, like the Sumerians, founded a system which utilizes symbols that pertains to different meanings. A way to record and communicate. -
1800 BCE
Smoke Signal
Chinese soldiers in the Great Wall of China used a smoke signal in order to alert incoming enemies. Multiple Indigenous tribes from all over the world also use this to communicate from far distances to cause alarm. -
1150
Pigeon Post
Letters were tied to pigeons to send messages. This method of communication was often used in wars because it is easier than a messenger on a horse. -
Telegram
Samuel Morse invented the telegram which uses Morse code which consists of beeps that correspond to the letters of the alphabet. The first message through telegram was sent 40 miles away. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell patented the first telephone. His first conversation through the telephone was with Mr Watson -
Phonograph
Thomas Edison patents the first phonograph. -
Wireless Telegraph
Guglielmo Marconi invented the first-ever long-distance wireless telegraph that uses radio waves. -
Electric Television
Philo Taylor Farnsworth invented the electric television that would soon replace mechanical television commonly used before -
Internet
Computer scientists at BBN Technologies worked on a project called ARPANET. They have sent one message through this. -
First Cellphone
Martin Cooper made the first cellphone which was the Motorola Dyna-Tac. -
World Wide Web (WWW)
Tim Berners-Lee and his company CERN developed WWW