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To: ETL

How does any reasonably intelligent society NOT have a rudimentary idea of “wheel”?

I mean, all they had to do was have a tree trunk, and something fallen on it, to see that it is easier to push the thing with the tree under it, “rolling” along.


17 posted on 11/01/2018 10:22:59 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Native Americans never got the concept of the wheel. Well, actually the Maya used wheels on some objects which were probably children’s toys. But they never made the leap that “hey, maybe these round things can help us move stuff!” That sort of eluded them.


18 posted on 11/01/2018 10:25:52 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
How does any reasonably intelligent society NOT have a rudimentary idea of “wheel”? I mean, all they had to do was have a tree trunk, and something fallen on it, to see that it is easier to push the thing with the tree under it, “rolling” along.

Remarkable, IMO, that no artwork has (yet?) been found depicting how the pyramids were built.

40 posted on 11/02/2018 11:33:52 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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