Spoken Word Stories
5–7 M
Oral communication was once the only means for passing one’s ancestry to the next generation or spooking them with a frightening ghost story.
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Neanderthal Cave Paintings
33, 000
Pre-historic homo sapiens painted on the walls of their caves as a way of storytelling as well as survival. They usually depict hunting scenes painted with natural pigments.
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Carrier Pigeons
11 50
Carrier pigeons are trained to fly between two destinations reliably and without failure. With the advent of tiny backpacks that can be strapped on their back, they can deliver everything from necessary research vials to illegal drugs in prison 12
Internet & Social Media
1990 – pres.
From the rudimentary BBS message boards of the late 70’s to today’s Facebook and Instagram, social media and the internet allows people from all over the world to communicate with each other remotely using a device and a network. 16