Multiple choice

Which of these advances in human society occurred first?

  1. paper

  2. boats

  3. the wheel

  4. the alphabet
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Boats are among the earliest human inventions, with evidence of watercraft dating back to the Paleolithic era (at least 8,000 to 10,000 years ago). The wheel (c. 3500 BCE), the alphabet (c. 2000 BCE), and paper (c. 100 CE) were developed much later in human history.

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