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    Cultural treasures of the world
    (DK, 2024-07-11) Diana Loxley, Kirsty Seymour-Ure and Marek Walisiewicsz.
    The first objects deliberately crafted by our distance ancestors around three milion years ago were stone tools - essentially pebbles given a sharp edge by striking them against other rocks. They proved so perfectly fit for their purpose that they remained in use for a million years. Over time, human ingenuity provided for other essentials, giving us the first weapons around 300,00 years ago, clothing 70,000 years ago, ceramic pots 20,000 years ago, and implements made of bronze 5,000 years ago and of iron 3,200 years ago. The same human impulse to improve everyday life has driven the technologies that shape our world today.