Communicating Communication
A brief history of the evolution of communication.
Non-verbal communications where the first to emerge and become common. While first including sounds from instruments such as drums and smoke emitted from smoke stacks in a controlled fashion to communicate over long distances, more forms emerged gradually. They include the following:
Cave Drawings
Petroglyphs
Pictograms
As a need for speed in communications grew, the development of verbal communication advanced dramatically. Some of these advancements include:
Writing
Printing Press
1450 invented by Johann Gutenberg
Telephone
1876 invented by Alexander Graham Bell
Even more advancements have been made in to further our ease with communicating, specifically relating to inventions involving the computer. Such advancements include:
Computers
1951 Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC) created
Internet
Instant Messaging and Calling
The advancements and inventions discussed here could never account for all of the advancements made over time. They are but a brief overview. Along the way many other advancements were made and currently there are thousands of ways to communicate.
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