The First FarmersTechnology Potter's wheel c. 4,000 BCENotable Mesopotamian potters spin clay on a wheel, the first use of rotary motion in industry. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → First fired clay figures → First pottery → Potter's wheel Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesBookPrudence M. RicePottery Analysis: A Sourcebook ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeinvention of the potter's wheel ↗Editor's pick