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This is the time when speech was developing and communication between people began. Specific words were placed on objects and actions.
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Oldest surviving cave paintings discovered. Humans have found a way to document their lives permanently.
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The Sumerians developed a new system to record and write which gave way to Cuneiform, a big step for human literature and writing.
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The Ancient Egyptian, like the Sumerians, founded a system which utilizes symbols that pertains to different meanings. A way to record and communicate.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Alexander Graham Bell patented the first telephone. His first conversation through the telephone was with Mr Watson
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Thomas Edison patents the first phonograph.
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Guglielmo Marconi invented the first-ever long-distance wireless telegraph that uses radio waves.
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Philo Taylor Farnsworth invented the electric television that would soon replace mechanical television commonly used before
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Computer scientists at BBN Technologies worked on a project called ARPANET. They have sent one message through this.
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Martin Cooper made the first cellphone which was the Motorola Dyna-Tac.
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Tim Berners-Lee and his company CERN developed WWW