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[–] deltatangothree@lemmy.world 13 points 1 hour ago (4 children)

I would guess logs don't lend themselves to the historical/fossil whatever record as well as stone does. The oldest wheels we've found are stone because any potential log ones deteriorated, and this was all before written records.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 50 minutes ago

That entire idea is so absurd I had to check.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel

Looks like the first transportation-related evidence of wheel we have was made of clay (probably because it was a toy). The first transportation-related actual wheel that we found was made of wood. The first wheel-shaped object we found wasn't used for transportation and was made of wood.

Stone is just a really bad material for making wheels. But I wrongly expected to see some metal ones on the list.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 hour ago

Fantastic example of survivorship bias.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

Imagin if logs were actually perfect material for designing that one shape that produces infinite energy, food, and research.

The logs have since been rotated, got it.