1. Home Star – Star are the power source of the
Volcano – The carbon dioxide that volcanoes
universe. Solar waves pour onto nearby planets
and provide energy for millions of years.
2. Planet Earth – Earth provides a mixture of
chemicals, an abundance of water and an
atmosphere that’s perfect for developing life.
3. Moon – The gravitational forces exerted by the
Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth
turn the tides of the ancient oceans to advance
life.
4. Primordial Soup – A solution rich in organic
compounds believed to set the conditions for
life.
5. Nucleotides – Nucleotides are the chemical
compound that builds the foundation for DNA
and RNA.
6. RNA – Messengers of genetic code. RNA is
responsible for transferring genetic code from
the nucleus to ribosomes to make proteins.
7. DNA Replication – The basis for biological
inheritance, DNA replication produces identical
copies of existing DNA so that they can be
passed on from one organism to its offspring.
8. DNA – A molecule with the unique property of
self-replication, DNAs infinite configuration
forms the foundation of all evolutionary
changes.
9. Chromosomes – Molecules containing part of
the genetic material of an organism.
10. Amino Acids – Atoms and molecules bond
together to create these raw materials of life.
11. Enzymes – To have a reaction, you must first
have a catalyst. Enzymes act as the trigger for
biochemical reactions.
12. Protein – The building blocks of living cells.
Proteins are molecules made from long chains of
amino acids.
13. Polypeptides – When amino acids bond
together, they create a chain that becomes an
integral building block in creating proteins.
14. Plasma Membrane – The plasma membrane
protects the interior of cells from the
environment.
15. Prokaryotic cell – The first living organism.
These uni-cellular organisms paved the way for
the rest of life to begin.
32. Chloroplasts – found in plant cells,
chloroplasts contain chlorophyll and are the
location of the process of photosynthesis.
33. Sponge – The world’s first multi– cellular
organism, these stationary filter feeders are a
product of multiple eukaryotic cells coming
together.
34. Coral – A marine invertebrate with the ability
to develop hard calcium– carbonate
exoskeleton.
16.
produced warmed the Earth, and was a major
catalyst in making Earth Habitable.
17. Ozone Layer – A layer in the Earth’s
stratosphere that protects the planet from
ultraviolet radiation.
18. Bacterium – Unicellular microorganisms that
have cell wall, but none of the organelles that
make up multicellular organisms.
19. Virus – A biological agents that replicates
within other cells. Surprisingly, if it weren’t for
the virus ability to infiltrate the DNA of
organisms, humans may not even exist.
20. Mitosis – The ability of cells to divide into more
similar cells. This process would help single cell
organisms to multiple.
21. Ribosomes – Tiny particles that help to
synthesize proteins and polypeptides in the cell.
22. Mitochondria – The powerhouse of the cell.
Mitochondria are an organelle that converts
glucose to energy.
23. Nucleus – A cell’s control center, it contains the
chromosomes that house DNA.
24. Flagellum – A tail– like appendage that
protrudes from a cell body and enables it to be
mobile.
25. Eukaryotic Cell – The prokaryotic cells more
complex cousin. Formed by the symbiotic
unification of several prokaryotic cells.
26. Asexual Reproduction– Similar to mitosis,
asexual reproduction is the process when an
entire organism is produced from single parents.
27. Hermaphroditism – Organisms that have either
a complete or partial set of both male and
female reproductive systems.
28. Cytoplasm – all of the materials that are
contained inside of a cell membrane, except for
the nucleus.
29. Filter Feeding – A passive way of finding
nourishment by having nutrients filter through
an organism’s body. The method of choice for
clams, krill and sponges.
30. Phagocytic Cell – Phagocytes are cells that have
the ability to ingest other cells or harmful
foreign particles and are essential for producing
immunity.
31. Tissue – Groups of cells come together to
achieve a specific function.
35. Sexual Reproduction – An extremely long
method of multiplication involving both meiosis
and mitosis.
36. Oscula – As sponges gain nutrients by letting
water pass through them, they also need a way
to excrete what’s left over. The oscula is a hole
where this waste water passes out of the sponge
when it’s done feeding.
37. Muscles – Tissue in animal bodies that enable
them to move.
38. Nervous System – A system of cells that sends
stimuli through the body in form of electrical
impulses.
39. Jellyfish – Soft bodied, free swimming aquatic
animals with a gelatinous umbrella– shaped bell
and trailing tentacles.
40. Bioluminescence – Some creatures are able to
produce light in their bodies using enzyme
catalyst reactions in their cells.
41. Cnidocytes – One of the first organic weapons.
They are explosive cells that fire out a toxic
harpoon for self- defense and prey capture.
42. Polyp – A non mobile, sea dwelling creature
consisting of a tube with a mouth surrounded by
tentacles. Some examples included coral and sea
anemones.
43. Swimming – The simple act of swimming gave
many organisms the ability to move from one
location to another for the first time.
44. Radial Symmetry – Organisms that can be
divided into identical pieces, this symmetry
paves the way for organs such as the mammalian
brain.
45. Nerve Cord – A bundle of nerve fibers that run
down an animal’s body. A simple version of a
nervous system.
46. Flatworm – The proto vertebrate. The first
organism with Bilateral Symmetry, which form
the beginnings of the brain and internal organs.
47. Cocoon – Fertilized eggs are encased in a
cocoon within a flatworm’s body. The cocoon is
released into the ocean waters, the cocoon
provides nourishment to the egg which will
develop and later hatch. Flatworms are
hermaphroditic, meaning they have both male
and female reproductive components.
61. Gills – Respiratory organs that allow a fish to
extract oxygen from the water around them.
62. Lungfish – Lungfish were freshwater fish
abundant in the Triassic era. They can breathe
air and can survive on dry land by burrowing
into the mud with their fins.
63. Tetrapod – The original colonizers, tetrapods
were the first water dweller to develop legs and
amphibious breathing and to crawl onto dry
land.
64. Water tight epidermis – Scales and carefully
water proof skin help reptiles to walk on land,
freeing them from the constant threat of
dehydration that plagues amphibians.
65. Legs – From fins, came legs, which would
signal the arrival of life on land.
66. Quadrupedalism – joints became stronger over
time, allowing animals to stand farther from the
ground and travel greater distances.
67. Hibernation – The ability of many animals to
enter a state of unconsciousness for prolonged
48. Vertebrate – Vertebra protects the spinal cord
and literally the backbone of human evolution.
49. Predation – A biological interaction where one
animal becomes an aggressor or predator and
eats another animal.
50. Bilateral Symmetry – An organism with
identical left and right sides, which means
double the sensing organs as well as a head and
tail.
51. Heart – The beginning of a circulatory system.
The heart is an organ dedicated to pumping
blood through an organism.
52. Fish – With fins to maneuver the ancient seas,
fish evolved the traits that would make them the
apex predator of the sea.
53. Pigment Spot – A primitive eye. Allows
organisms to sense light from dark.
54. Eye – Evolved from the pigment spot, the eye
has a retina and a lens for sharper vision.
55. Three Layer Skin – Unlike sponges and
jellyfish, flatworms possess a layer of organized
cells in between their outer membrane and the
inner lining of their digestive space.
56. Fins – The protolimb. Fins would eventually
develop into hind legs that will help mammals,
reptiles, birds, and amphibian travel on land.
57. Excretion Opening – The development of a
specific hole through which waste is exclusively
excreted is necessary for more complex
digestive systems.
58. Lungs – A gas-filled bladder that came from an
outgrowth of the gut. Lungs would give
tetrapods the means to function on land.
59. Fish Egg – Self contained life support systems
in a wet environment.
60. Jaw – Jaws made respiration more efficient
offering an evolutionary advantage.
68. Ear – A refined version of an organism’s ability
to sense vibrations in the air, ears allows
creatures to hear when a potential predator is
sneaking up on them.
69. Egg Shell – A self contained life support
system filled with amniotic fluid that enables
reproduction to be possible outside of wet
environments.
70. Ecdysis – When a reptile outgrows its old skin,
it must shed it so that it can continue to grow.
71. Mammal Brain – The beginning of thought as
we know it.
72. Mammalian Teeth – As the diets of mammals
changed, more complex specialized teeth
developed.
73. Mammal – The first vertebrates with warm
blood, mammal’s unique new features enable
them to prosper on the environment of land.
74. Three Bone Ear – Also known as middle ear,
the three bones are a set of organic levers that
regulate the perception of sound.
75. Womb – With the help of genetic parasites,
some organisms drifted past laying eggs and
evolved the ability to give live birth.
76. Warm Blooded – Warm-blooded organisms
have the ability to maintain a body temperature
higher than their environments, enabling them to
move to new and more diverse areas.
77. Neocortex – The part of the cerebral cortex that
controls sight and hearing in mammals, giving
them an evolutionary edge over other animals.
78. Primate – Among the warm blooded mammals,
one particular species rose above the rest.
79. Sweat Glands – Sweat glands help mammals
regulate their temperature, excrete excess water
and protect them from bacteria from forming on
skin.
80. Hair – Not only did hair keep mammals
temperature regulated, but certain hair follicles
would evolve into important glands.
81. Ape – The very beginning of human evolution,
apes in the Hominidas are family are the modern
humans earliest ancestors.
82. Milk Glands – Evolved from the sweat gland,
the mammary gland produces milk to feed
offspring.
89. Homo Habilis – Also known as the Handy
Man, Homo habilis was known for using or
primitive stone tools.
91. Stone Tools – Some animals rely on the gifts
theyre evolved, strength, speed, endurance, but
others learn to invent ways to augment those
gifts.
92. Ball and Socket Wrist Joints – More flexible
wrists lead to greater use of hands, and make it
easier to craft and use tools.
93. Stone Age – The first modern humans walk the
Earth, and change the world around them,
creating tools, raising animals, building
communities. Soon we will earn that nothing can
stop human progress.
94. Extra Power – A larger brain, now with more
neurons.
95. Homo Erectus – Fully bipedal, Homo erectus is
an extremely successful species in the Home
genus.
96. Endurance Hunting – Some predators hunt by
stealth, others poison, some use traps and tricks.
Others prefer a more direct approach: running
their quarry to death.
97. Hunting – With the first tools come the first
blades. Sharpened stones and sticks can be used
to catch and kill prey and to turn the tables on
former predators.
98. Tribalism – Humans naturally organize
themselves into tribes. Many other animals do
this, too, but humans bring this community
organization to a much more complex level.
83. Brain of Ape – A more developed version of
the mammalian brain, the brain of the ape gives
primates an important advancement over other
mammals.
84. Reduced Tail Vertebrae – As primates become
bipedal and no longer need their tails to
balance, their vertebrae begin to reduce in
length, until eventually they are gone
completely.
85. Bipedal Walking – The act of walking on two
legs instead of four. This alternative form of
locomotion meant that hands were now free to
be used for functions other than walking.
86. Opposable Thumb – The development of the
thumb led to more precision in gripping,
allowing apes to pick up and use objects.
87. Australopithecus – Australopithecus are
believed to be the first step in humanitys
evolution from primates. The first
Australopithecus skeleton, Lucy, was discovered
in Ethiopia.
88. First Idea – You and I are not what we eat; we
are what we think.
90. Abstract Thinking – Most species rely on
instinct, focused mainly on survival, but
99. Fire – We play with fire and take the
consequences, because the alternative is
cowardice in the face of the unknown.
100. Big Game – Hunting small game can
feed a person. Hunting big game can sustain a
tribe. BE careful, they fight back.
101. Fishing – From the oceans, the first life
evolved, and it has produced in such
abundance... let’s make use of it.
102. Complex Emotions – With the
capabilities for higher thought, empathy, and
complex problem solving, this is the brain
closest to our own.
103. Neanderthal – An offshoot of Homo
erectus, the Neanderthals had the mental
capacity to craft musical instruments and to
develop speech, but represent an evolutionary
path that humanity ultimately did not follow.
104. Human – Earth’s dominant species.
An amalgation of millions of years of evolution.
Capable of producing culture, society, and
technology.
105. Human Brain – This is the brain in its
current state.
106. Cooking – Theres no need to eat food
raw. A decent fire makes it so much better.
107. Speech – Far more than other species,
we can communicate with one another, sharing
ideas, knowledge and instructions. Language is a
keystone to our thoughts.
108. Burial – Death is the last great mystery.
With burial, humans start to come to terms with
their own mortality.
109. Neolithic – From hunter gathering to
farming... the first villages begin to form. Some
people survived the Neolithic age by being
brave, others by being cowardly and smart.
110. Advanced Stone Tools – what began
with rocks has moved on towards spear tips and
arrow heads. Soon we’ll be working with
copper.
111. Cave Painting – It’s a humble start but
a key first step. One day well have our Da
Vincis.
116. Clothing – From animal skins to early
fabrics, our bodies are protected
117. Kiln – It takes fire to create pottery
from reshaped clay. Well use kiln to provide the
needed heat.
118. Weaving – Interlacing fibers and
threads together to make them stronger, this is
the first method of artificial textile production,
enabling us to create fabric and cloth.
119. Sail – Travel by boat is faster than land,
and when we make use of the wind were faster
still.
120. Genome Mapping – We learn how to
identify the genes that are passed from one
generation to another, the first step in
understanding a genome of a species and how it
developed.
121. Human Cloning – Now we can make
perfect genetic copies of ourselves. Cue the
existential crisis.
122. Cyborg – Cybernetic organisms, or
cyborgs for short, are biological beings with
mechanical parts ranging from medical
implants, and accessories to fully integrate
machine and computer systems.
123. Problem Solving – The more complex
human brain allows for people to look at
problems critically, finding better solutions
through critical thinking.
124. Religion – How do we understand the
world around us? Where do we come from?
How should we act?
125. Farming – No need to gather plants
and berries when we can grow the crops
ourselves. We are no longer forced to be
nomadic, for the first time we can settle down.
126. Mudbrick – One of the earliest human
manufactures building materials mudbrick
enabled us to build permanent living structures
for the first time.
127. Pottery – We’ve mastered the use of
clay. Toss out all those tools of stones. Far
subtler creations are soon to emerge.
112. Dye – Whether used in clothing or on
our bodies, we can now add color to our lives.
113. Sculpture – It started in the Stone Age
with small figurines depicting fertility
goddesses. Over time they will get larger and
more ambitious, and eventually even lifelike.
114. Beads – Beads are the most ancient of
all jewelry. Our people have gained a taste for
the decorative and the aesthetic. From here well
invent more complex and elaborate works of
craft.
115. Music – One of the earliest art forms
128. Wheel – One of the earliest and most
profound of innovations.
129. Gears – An early mechanical
advancement, gears combing multiple
interlocking wheels to make our machines and
tools more powerful than ever before.
130. Morality – As we begin to organize
ourselves into groups and communities, new
universal rules of what is right and wrong help
to govern these new societies.
131. Domestication of Animals – Why hunt
what you can raise for the slaughter?
132. Selective Breeding – As humans learn
to breed animals with specific beneficial traits,
our conscious manipulation of genetics leads to
further domestication.
133. Fertilizer – Our crops needs nutrition
too, and fertilized soil ensures higher yields.
134. Alcohol – With wine and beer, alcohol
will become a seminal feature of civilization.
Very effective at disinfecting poor water
supplies. Drink too much and bad things will
start to happen.
135. City – What began as small farming
communities have grown beyond simple
villages? The first cities have formed.
136. Mining ore – Theres a lot of valuable
resources buried beneath the Earth. Lets start
building mines to access all that wealth.
137. Metallurgy – The first tools were made
from stone. Now we work with metals, which
are stronger and more durable than anything
we’ve used before.
138. Plow – Agriculture is backbreaking
work, but our ingenuity will always find ways to
advance. Surely, when it comes to each year's
planting there must be better options, than to do
the work by hand.
139. Horse Domestication – Beasts of
burden or steeds of war. We've domesticated
horses. Possibilities abound.
140. Chariot – An early breakthrough in
transportation
141. Bronze Age – Stone Age. Bronze Age,
Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by
the technology they use.
142. Writing – Having mastered writing, our
ideas and impressions are no longer ephemeral,
now that they're etched in stone quite literally
sometimes.
143. Glass – Starts with sand. Mix in ash
and limestone. Apply furnace until hot. Get
glass.
144. Medicine – Between infections, genetic
diseases, and unfortunate accidents the human
body is often in jeopardy. Early attempts to
treat these ailments use herbs and our
rudimentary knowledge of our bodies to try to
save lives.
145. Arithmetic – We've mastered basic
sums; adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing,
such skills are quite useful in our day to day
lives.
146. Paper – The days of clay tablets, animal
skins, and papyrus scrolls are over versatile, and
easily portable, paper is the new best thing to
write on.
147. Bronze – We're into Bronze Age now.
By smelting bronze, we can produce materials
far stronger and more durable than our
predecessors could manage. Copper tools and
weapons might as well be obsolete.
148. Nail – A pin shaped object made of
metal, nails are used to fasten materials together
revolutionizing wood working and carpentry
and enabling us to build sturdies constructions.
149. Iron – From the Bronze Age to Iron
Age... we've learned to smelt iron. Soon we'll be
forging steel.
150. Zero – Surely numerical values are
more complicated than we used to believe.
Positive numbers are no longer sufficient, we
must also account for a null position.
151. Geometry – Our understanding of the
world around us grows to include knowledge of
volumes shapes, and sizes.
152. Iron Age – The good Lord made us all
out of iron. Then he turns up the heat to forge
some of use into steel.
166. Middle Ages – We owe to the Middle
Ages the two worst inventions of humanity,
romantic love and gunpowder.
167. Glasses – Lenses mounted in a frame
over a person's eyes used for vision correction.
No more squinting.
168. Movable Type – With movable typeset,
we've reduced the task of printing down
169. Fire Arms – BOOM! The earliest
known chemical explosive invented in 9th
Century.
153. Gunpowder – The earliest known
chemical explosive.
154. Algebra – Mathematics is advancing,
beyond basic sums and multiplications, into
more abstract formulations. There’s so much
more we can achieve.
155. Alphabet – Letters combine to signify
sound writing is more efficient than ever.
156. Magnifying lens – Use it to make small
objects look large, or to focus light – the
magnifying lens forms the basis for us to see
further and further.
157. Iron Tools – We learn to smelt, making
iron tools and weapons stronger and more
durable than their bronze predecessors.
158. Telescope – Using curved magnifying
lenses, we're able to see distant objects as if they
we're up close.
159. Astronomy – We look up to the sky for
answers to questions on Earth. By studying
celestial bodies we are able to learn even more
about the world we inhabit.
160. Government – It is not the function of
the government to stop the citizens from falling
into error, it is the function of the citizen to
keep the government from falling into error
161. Military – As our communities grow
into states, we need organized warrior both to
defend ourselves, and to attack others.
162. Aqueduct – Towns and cities begin to
grown, creating the need for easily accessible
water. Aqueducts are bridges that overcome
obstacles such as ravines and mountains to bring
water to civilization from far away.
163. Iron Sword – Though easily bent out of
shape, iron swords were easier to produce than
bronze swords, resulting in a much larger scale
of production. Soon entire armies could be
easily equipped with these blades.
164. Sanitation – Though we may not have
discovered germs yet, we've begun to
understand that unclean living conditions can
make us sick.
165. Coinage – No money, no problems.
170. Fireworks- using gunpowder and
colored chemicals, we can create amazing
pyrotechnic displays for our own entertainment.
171. University – Institutions of higher
learning help to teach and spread knowledge,
organizing what we know about the world to
share it with others.
172. Microscope – For the first time, we can
see objects organisms smaller than the human
eye can perceive alone. A whole new, tiny world
opens up to us.
173. Windmill – Using large blades at the
top of a tower, we are able to generate energy
from the raw power of the wind. Now we can
pump water and ill grain. We continue to turn
the natural world to our will.
174. Feudalism – A societal structure when
one class owns the land and another class works
the land. The relationship between nobility and
peasantry becomes even more strictly defined.
175. Paper Money – When carrying around
coins becomes too heavy, paper money comes in
to fill or wallets more comfortably.
176. Organized Religion – Our early myths
and legends have become the rules we use to
define our world. From shamans to priests, the
structures of religion have become a dominant
and powerful presence in society.
177. Printing Press – Handwritten books
take a lot of time and work to make; with the
printing press it's done faster than ever. Using
movable type, we can instantly reproduce the
same page, making as many copies as we need.
Ideas can spread even faster and further now.
178. Newspaper – Latest News! The paper
talks about what happens in the whole world,
sports, current events, politics, and much more!
We will update you in the next edition of the
Evolved Journal.
179. Illuminated Manuscripts – Humans
are naturally inclined to share information with
each other Illuminated manuscripts are books
featuring beautiful, intricate illustrations, truly
187. Magnetic Compass – An instrument
that uses magnets to always point a need to the
North. No matter where you are in the world,
you can always figure out what direction you're
heading in with a compass.
189. Cannon – A type of artillery that
launches a large projectile using propellent.
Cannonballs were able to cut large swathes if
destruction across the battlefield, changing the
way we fight wars.
190. Galleon – Large sailing ships used as
armed cargo carriers and warships. A mainstay
of maritime commerce and naval warfare.
191. Colonialism – A system where one
country decides to extend its rule over that of
another country or territory.
192. Scientific Revolution – As the
European Renaissance came to a close, new
ideas about math, biology, chemistry, physics,
and astronomy changed the way we thought
about the world. With the emergence of modern
science, our intellectual progress as a species
gets a sudden boost of speed. We are learning
more than ever.
193. Biology – The study of natural life and
living organisms.
one of the most lovely ways to fulfill our need
to disseminate knowledge..
180. Age of Discovery – Where man stops
drinking beer and starts sipping coffee.
181. Musket – By igniting propellent and
expelling exhaust in one direction, we can
launch a vessel upwards. Rockets were
initially used as incendiary weapons during
sieges.
182. Herbalism – The first medicines were
created using plants from our own backyards.
Many medications today still use ingredients
that are found in the natural world.
183. Banking – As global markets grow via
international trades, we develop the need for
institutions to regulate money and how it is
handled.
184. Steel – An alloy with high tensile
strength that is cheap to make, steel is strong
and durable and used in building cities and
making weapons.
185. Astrolabe – A tool used by
astronomers and navigators to calculate the
position of celestial objects. Literally translates
to the one that catches the heavenly bodies.
186. Sextant – A tool for measuring the
distance between two visible objects. Used for
celestial navigation. Between this and the
astrolabe, sailors were now able to chart more
elaborate courses, and explore the globe further
than ever before.
188. Caravel – Small, fast sailing ships that
enabled oceanic exploration during the fifteenth
and sixteenth century.
194. Calculus – The mathematical study of
continuous change. We learn how to calculate
rates of change and are propelled into further
discoveries about science, engineering, and
economics.
195. Optics – With new knowledge about
physics, we discover the laws that govern the
behavior and properties of light.
196. Standardized Time – We all use the
same clock now, making it easier to coordinate
and communicate.
197. Turbine – A rotary mechanical device
that is used to generate energy.
198. Law of Gravity – Another Sir Isaac
Newton discovery. All things with mass or
energy are brought towards each other. This
teaches us how weight is give ton physical
objects, and how the tides work, as well as
laying the groundwork for much of physics.
199. Pasteurization – French chemist Louis
Pasteur discovered that by boiling wine, the
 bacteria that made it sour would be killed, thus
prolonging the wine's lifespan.
200. Laws of Motion – Discovered by Sir
Isaac Newton. Objects in motion stay in motion.
Acceleration is produced when a force acts of a
mass. For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction.
201. Composition of Light – We discover
the different elements that create light.
202. Steam Engine – A new power source
with promise for both transport and
manufacturing.
203. Locomotives – The engine that pulls
train. We're building more and more complex
engines to power even bigger vehicles.
204. Combustion Engine – By igniting fuel,
combustion engines are able to generate
mechanical power and speed up our world.
209. Zipper – A fastener that uses
interlocking teeth to bind the edges of open
fabric.
210. Morphine – No longer must we suffer
through the pain of surgery, with morphine; we
are able to anesthetize ourselves into bliss. Just
don't take too much; this magic medicine is also
one of the most addictive substances known to
man.
211. Chemistry – The scientific study of
atoms, elements, and molecules, chemistry
allows us to synthesize new compounds for the
first time; we are inventing all new substances
with millions of uses.
212. Factory – An industrial site or complex
where workers manufacture goods. We are now
able to process large amounts of materials and
output higher rates or products.
213. Morse Code – Using this code of taps
and clicks, we were able to transmit text over the
newly invented telegraph, allowing us to send
messages to each other over long distances
almost instantaneously.
214. Loom – Clothe making can be difficult
work, but we're making things manageable, and
can now start weaving thread into cloth. Who
know, perhaps one day, some machine loom will
do the work for us?
215. General Anesthetic – Newly created
chemical compound that induce a reversible
loss of consciousness in humans.
216. Mechanical loom – Hey, what do you
know? A machine loom is doing the work for
us. Now all we need is someone to keep the
loom running.
217. Punched card – With punched cars,
information can now be stored and processed
for later use. A common tool for political
elections and census data, the punched card sets
the stage for an even more powerful tool soon to
come: the computer.
205. Light Bulb – In ancient time, our lives
were dictate by the passage of the Sun. candles
could provide some light against the darkness,
but no longer. With electric lighting, we can
turn night into day, and more than ever before
we can control our own hours.
206. Rifle – A firearm newly design for
precision shooting. With improved aim and
stability, we get even better at hunting game,
and even better at killing each other on the
battlefield.
207. Machine gun – Automatic firearms
make it so that you can load less and fire more.
Combat moves into the future.
208. Industrial Revolution – The scientific
processes we began to understand during the
Scientific Revolution give way to unbelievable
progress
218. Radio – Transmitter and Receiver: with
the right equipment and the use of radio waves,
we can now send and receive messages across
mile. When it comes to mass communication
and entertainment, we've entered a new era.
219. Phonograph – The phonograph allows
users to record and replay sound.
220. Telephone – No need to write a letter.
Now we can ring up our friends, family,
coworkers and enemies, and speak with them
directly, whether they be in our neighborhood or
miles far away.
221. Photography – Before photography, the
only way to capture an image was by painting
or drawing it. But now, new chemical processes
allow us to snap a shot of an image quickly, and
now these images can last forever.
222. Molecular Biology – Discovery of the
double helix structure of DNA.
223. Antibiotics – Bacteria killing medicine
that we discovered by accident, antibiotic have
changed the face of medicine and made many
once common infections a threat of the past.
224. Silent Film – One step further than still
photography, now we can capture the image of
objects in motion and replay it back for our
entertainment. =
225. Atomic Age – Not the last age. If you're
careful.
226. Transistor – One of the building blocks
of modern electronic devices, transistors can
amplify or switch electronic signals. Without
them, we wouldn't have the internet!
227. Integrated Circuit – Smaller, cheaper
and faster, we can now make our technology all
of these things using tiny chips filled with even
smaller transistors to store information.
228. Computer – Our society has become
intertwined with machines. From such humble
beginnings, now we have built computers, vat
machines that can be programmed to complete
any number of tasks.
230. Television – All the entertainment of a
movie theatre, in the comfort of your home.
231. Modern Science – the monumental
discoveries of the century pave the way for
science to progress faster and more
impressively now than any other period in
history.
232. Plastic – By synthesizing organic
compounds, we are able to create stronger
materials, and we use them for everything from
clothes, to packaging to building materials.
233. Relativity – Albert Einstein theorized
that the speed of light is experience the same by
all humans, but the way that we experience the
speed of time itself varies depending on different
factors.
234. Flight – We used to look up to the birds
in the sky. It's time we built wings of our own.
235. Liquid Propellant – For decades,
rockets were powered by gunpowder, making
them heavier and ore volatile. Liquid propellant
cuts costs and allows the rockets to hold more
fuel.
236. V Rocket – Some madman's built a
rocket to strike at targets two hundred miles
away. Give him a few more years and he'll be
aiming for the moon.
237. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile –
These guided missiles were designed to deliver
nuclear weapons to their targets hopefully, no
one ever uses them!
238. Sputnik – The world's first satellite,
Sputnik was launched by the UUSR. It orbited
the Earth for three weeks; kick started the Space
Race between the United Stated and the USSR,
and taught us new and unprecedented
information about the atmosphere of our planet.
239. Space Race – During this period of
fierce competition between the two countries,
both Russia and the United Stated made new
discoveries and helped to propel the work
forward to the age of space exploration.
240. Nuclear Power – At the atomic level
vast amounts of energy is unleashed. We've
learned to harness those reactions for our own
means.
256. DNA Storage – The process of
encoding and decoding binary data to and from
synthesized DNA strands.
258. Emergent Age – A new era in the
history of mankind
259. Crypto Currency – Alternative
currency decentralized from traditional banking
structures.
229. Robotics – For years, we've been
fascinated by the idea of robots, machines built
in our image to serve our every desire.
241. Atomic Bomb – When we split the
atom, we created a weapon beyond anything
242. Information Age – The age you're
playing this game in. This game is possible
because of this age.
243. Map Genome – By taking our DNA
apart and seeing how it works, we are able to
understand how the gens of our ancestors can
and do still affect our lives today.
244. Cloning – The ability to create an exact
genetic copy of an organism, cloning opens up a
world of new possibilities for bio engineering.
245. Cell Phone – Forget unwieldy home
phones. Now we'll carry our phones with us.
How convenient.
246. Computer Terminal – Computers used
to be so huge that they would take up an entire
room. These days, we have neat little boxes
that can fit comfortably on our desks.
247. Computer Chip – Fundamental
element of computer, graphic or audio that is.
248. Arpanet – An early computer network
that would eventually evolve into what we know
as the modern internet.
249. Email – Using the internet and the
information superhighway, we can now send
electronic message from the computer to
computer. Snail mail no more.
250. Video Games – You're playing one
right now.
251. Home PC – Once computers were
machine monstrosities whose workings filled
entire rooms. We've shrunk them a lot since
then.
252. Internet – The greatest and worst thing
that ever happened to us.
253. Graphic User Interface – Text bases
user interfaces are out, graphical icons and
visual indicators are in.
254. CD ROM – Toss those floppy disks out
the window, CD ROMS are able to pack in more
data, in a neater, higher quality package
255. Game Engine – This game was made in
one of these.
257. Search Engine – Not sure what this is?
You should probably google it.
260. Social Media – With the age of
internet, social networks are able to connect
people from all over the world in real time
creating new possibilities for mass
communication.
261. 3D Printing – Processes by which
material is joined into a solid form under
computer control to create a three dimensional
object.
262. Smart Phone – Calling people? Who
would ever bother? Who would ever bother?
Phones are for apps and browsing. What kind of
troglodytes do you take us for?
263. Virtual Reality – An interactive
computer generated environment that uses
sensory feedback to make the experience feel
immersive for the user. Lose yourself.
264. Machine Learning – And now our
computers can think. Congratulations, we're on
the verge of a new kind of sentience.
265. Self-Driving Car – A vehicle that can
drive without a human behind the wheel.
266. Nanotech – The manipulation of
matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Using
nanotechnology, we may be able to create
stronger materials, make better electronics, and
solve medical problems on a molecular scale.
267. AI – True Ai has been achieved. A
thinking machine with a hint of freewill.
Beyond the intelligence of animals, smarter than
humans. Who will they serve and what do they
desire.
268. Biotech – we’ve been augmenting
ourselves with tools for as long as we’ve had
thumbs, now, we can alter our very bodies.
269. Self Assembly – Spontaneous
organization at the atomic level. Humankind
now directs the power to reshape matter. From
perfect materials to nano viruses designed in
research laboratories.
270. Uploaded Consciousness – Will
humans even need bodies in the future? Our
fragile human meat sacks may be a thing of the
past if we can implant our brains and
consciousness into machines or eve to the
internet itself.
271. Mind Upload – A mind can be saved,
copied, pasted. Memories and be inserted
removed created. Consciousness has been
quantified.
272. Machine Rights – If machines are able
to think and feel like humans, how do we
determine how we get to treat them, or how they
get to treat us.
273. Drones – An aircraft without a human
pilot. Early commercial autonomous creations.
274. Moon Mission – One small step for
man, one giant leap for mankind.
275. Humanoid Robot – Were building
them in our own image. The line between man
and machine becomes harder to see.