Human Communication By nickt.333 Period: 7000 BCE to 250 BCE Verbal Communication Period: 250 BCE to 1100 Smoke Signals and Verbal Communication Period: 1100 to 1800 Carrier Pigeon (Letters) Period: 1844 to 1950 Telegraph (Original) Period: 1950 to 1992 Landlines Period: 1992 to 2004 SMS Period: 2004 to 2019 Social Media