How Was the Wheel Invented? Computer Simulations Reveal the Unlikely Birth of a World-Changing Technology

Wheels May Have Been Invented to Solve a Surprising Problem

Imagine you're a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 BCE.

How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology

Imagine you're a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine's sweltering tunnels.

How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago

People have long assumed that wheels evolved from simple wooden rollers. But how? And why? A new model focused on mechanical advantage and structural strength suggests some answers.

How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology - Tech and Science Post

Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels. You’ve resigned yourself to the grueling monotony of mining life. Then one afternoon, you witness a fellow worker doing something remarkable. With an odd-looking contraption, he casually transports the equivalent of three times his body weight on a single trip. As he returns to the mine to fetch an…

Wheel Origins: How Ancient Miners Revolutionized Transport

Discover how prehistoric miners in the Carpathian Mountains accidentally invented the wheel through gradual technological evolution, transforming human transportation forever.