Evolution of Technology By gabrielaa.rodriguez Period: 250,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE Paleolithic 200,000 BCE Appearance of fire 10,000 BCE Invention of ceramics Period: 10,000 BCE to 4000 BCE Neolithic Period: 4000 BCE to 700 BCE Metals Age 3500 BCE Copper Age 1500 BCE Bronze Age 700 BCE Iron age Period: 700 BCE to 476 Old age Period: 476 to 1453 Middle age 700 Invention of paper Period: 1453 to 1789 Modern age 1712 Invention of the steam machine Period: 1789 to 1945 Contemporary age 1879 Light bulb invention Period: 1945 to 2022 Current history 1973 Invention of the internet
