2006-08-09 17:35:30 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
That's two different questions, really: discovery and advancement. For discovery, it will always be open to debate, but the important ones are the ones that were a shot in the dark - the ones that WEREN'T inevitable. Humans were destined to harness fire, figure out electricity, etc. In modern times, even things like harnessing radioactivity and Darwin's theory of natural selection were inevitable. Now, take something like quantum physics/mechanics...some groundbreaking work and NOT inevitable. And this field only gets more important.
As far as advancements go, that's an easy one: language. This is what set humanity apart.
2006-08-09 18:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jim S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kindness
2006-08-10 00:40:52 · answer #2 · answered by Cloudy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The axle. Some people would say the wheel, but what good would a wheel be without an axle?
2006-08-10 00:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by misskitty3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the polio vaccine. that's the only thing we can cure. everything else is just some drug to take away ur smptoms and maybe replace them with other symptoms. google it up. it's true
2006-08-10 04:34:17 · answer #4 · answered by Magdiel G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>the disposable diaper<
2006-08-10 00:43:02 · answer #5 · answered by Druid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So this goes in here, but not there. Wow!
2006-08-10 01:10:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oneself, ie: our own conscience
2006-08-10 00:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fossil fuels
2006-08-10 06:06:38 · answer #8 · answered by futurepilot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electricity
2006-08-10 01:18:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the female orgasm.
2006-08-10 00:39:18 · answer #10 · answered by poor_mans_hero 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋