Man has not made a single origonal invention since its dawn.

Ipods/Movies= better story telling/musical ceremonies/entertainment Steak= better food Skyscrappers= better "under the tree" Cars/Planes= better walking money= better trading religion= better science/law pictures= better history passing College= better learning Abercrombie and Fitch= better animal skin clothes phones= better talking My point being is this: Everything we have now is only an improvment on things that our ancestors made up back when we we're not the dominant predator and were first starting to evolve from ape to man. We've only made improvments on concepts that were already there. The 10 examples I have up there are only a few that I can think of now. When ever we think of something "new" it is only "building a better something". 1)Movies/ipods- back in "the caveman days" it is probable that they had religous rituals and celbrations (both entertainment at the time). This has so evolved into movies and music. Now, rather than join together for a live performance (which we still do sometimes with theatre, but anyway) for all entertainment, we can carry it with us 2)steak- this is a generalization on all the foods we have now. Back in the old times, people had to hunt for wild game or gather the fruits/veggies that grew wildly. The concepts of containig game, or livestock, and farming, are only better hunter/gatherer techniques. 3)Skyscrappers - what we live in is only a better protection from weather. When we didn't know any better, we as animals just took it, or maybe found cover under a tree. Since then we found caves and then made houses. Again, only imrovements. 4)Cars and planes - most of us have legs, so we could move. Then we road on horses or other animals, then made cars, and then airplanes. Transportation is something we already had, but made it better. 5)Money - back when we had closly nit groups, we all had to look out for each other and shared things. Then somehow, we stopped and started claiming possessions. Sometimes we liked what others had and traded. Then money came around, and rather than trade 100 bones for a heavy shiney rock (both inconveniences to have around with you) we made money. 6)Religion - When it rained, people wanted to know why. So a "rain god" came around and there was the answer. Then people wanted to know where the sun went, so the "sun god" was born. Things that eventually branched off to being todays dieties. Then science came about and started doing all the things that the mystical gods did. A better explaination. 7)Pictures - We know we have a history, and so it was in ancient times. We could tell our family stories so far back, and then forgot. So then we made painings to remember it better, which grew into the Kodak moments we have today, preserving all those moments we want to remember. 8)College - when you feel pain, you don't like it, life lesson 1. When you eat something, your not hungry anymore. Basic things people learned back then. The lessons go on and one and then grow and grow. Parents couldn't teach their kids everything that needs to be learned so school was made. More knowledge meant more school. Knowledge became more complex as time went on, so then college was made. A better teaching. 9)Clothes - We really started developing at a bad time. We didn't have much hair, and it was getting much colder. As we killed prey, we found that their fur that we didn't have could keep us warm. We got used to wearing them, to the point where clothes became mandatory. Then it went from need-to-have to need-to-have-but-why-not-look-good-too?. American Eagle is the better fur pelt. 10)Phones - we all talk somehow (save for mutes). First we had grunting, then talking, then yelling, then signals, all the way to phones and the internet. Communication made better. To my opponent: (it seems I have to do this) YOUR GOAL IS TO PROVE THAT MAN HAS MADE AN ORIGONAL INVENTION THAT HAS NO RELATION TO SOMETHING WE DID NOT ALREADY HAVE AS A PRIMAL SPECIES. I DO NOT want this to be a battle of technicalities and "he said this, he said that". If you accept this than you will argue on the main point, not a simple error. What I have up there are only examples and not limits. This is 4 ROUNDS so that we can go back and forth on the inventions that you think man has created out of the blue that is not just an improvment on something that we already had in some way.