Stone Age to Bronze Age: Speedrunning Human Technology (4 Hour Marathon Edit)

👉 To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription. On the 5 year anniversary of starting this bold series, I wanted to offer this consolidated edit of the journey we've undergone to explore all the technologies humanity has invented to bring us to the modern era (or at least the industrial revolution). It's personally been really fascinating to revisit this uphill struggle that has met many unforeseen obstacles, and I hope everyone can enjoy this as this channel starts it's focus on completing the last steps of the journey to the steam engine. 0:00 - Intro 0:21 - The Rules 3:01 - Fire - Pyrite and Flint 5:48 - Fire - Bow Drill 8:44 - Flintknapping 18:35 - Digging Stick 21:39 - Ceramics 28:12 - Native Copper 45:02 - Ground Stone Axe 1:00:16 - Dugout Boat 1:17:35 - Lead 1:34:36 - Bronze 1:54:44 - Agriculture / Bread 2:13:08 - Dr