>>12967567>science wasn't even invented until 1600s or soBut other cultures could have invented science.
> if you're the first groups to invent something, you can exponentially build moreTrue to an extent, but underestimates the ability of information to spread globally through trade, etc.
>fishing, the Africans who invented fire, the wheelAll of these inventions were invented before humans diverged into the different groups we know today. Yes, perhaps people living in Africa invented fire, but all of humanity lived in Africa so that doesn't make sense. Should European Neanderthal inventions count for Europe?