c. 30,000 BCE
Technology
Central Europe
Ceramic firing
The Venus of Dolni Vestonice, fired clay figurines made before pottery vessels.
Why it mattered
The discovery that heat could permanently transform a soft material into a hard one.
Stone Age
30,000 BCE
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