Beijing Institute Of Technology
This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune’s weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency. The next administration should recommit to Mission Innovation and spearhead international efforts to bring new technologies to market. This adult gorilla uses a branch as a walking stick to gauge the water's depth, an example of technology usage by non-human primates. Definition And Usage The late-19th and early-20th centuries saw a revolution in transportation with the invention of the airplane and automobile. Other technological advances made during the Paleolithic era were clothing and shelter; the adoption of both technologies cannot be dated exactly, but they were a key to humanity's progress. As the Paleolithic era progressed, dwellings became more sophisticated and more elaborate; as early as 380 ka, humans were constructing temporary wood huts. Clothing, adapted from the fur and hides of hunted animals, helped humanity expand into colder regions; hum...