"Michael Kuettner" > wrote:

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>"jmcquown" schrieb :
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>> A good survey it is! I hadn't thought about it. But I'm guessing the
>> wheel didn't have all that much to do with it. I'm thinking the earliest
>> people were nomadic.
>
>Nope, hunters and gatherers. Nomads are cattle-herders.

Nope, hunters and gatherers were/are nomads too, any peoples whose
lifestyle is to travel about are nomadic. Hunters and gatherers are
much more nomadic than shepherds.

Anyway the first use of the wheel was not for transportation,
artifacts show it was a potter's wheel.

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/wheel.htm