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How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kai James, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Imagine you’re a copper ...
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How Was the Wheel Invented? Computer Simulations Reveal Its Unlikely Birth Nearly 6,000 ...

Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 BCE. Day after day, you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels. You’ve resigned yourself to the grueling monotony ...