\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

Three most important historical events in human history?

"Events" to be defined as you like Mine: 1. ...
Henna internal respiration church building
  01/15/25
Solid picks. Agriculture as the foundation of societal c...
Zombie-like Nowag
  01/18/25
No one right answer to this, you'll get a lot of views, but ...
lavender lay really tough guy
  01/15/25
...
Alcoholic shimmering genital piercing
  01/15/25
...
irradiated home voyeur
  01/15/25
...
mustard coiffed spot new version
  01/17/25
...
thriller ladyboy digit ratio
  01/17/25
...
Zombie-like Nowag
  01/18/25
...
Harsh embarrassed to the bone principal's office tattoo
  01/18/25
...
Naked blathering parlor
  03/29/25
The Day the Links Worked
fulano
  06/15/25
...
high noon flavored seltzer tp
  06/15/25
...
pitchforks
  06/15/25
...
Jeremy Wade Delle
  06/15/25
How is agriculture an event.
Big love of her life brunch
  01/15/25
dogpile myspace openai
chartreuse impressive pistol
  01/15/25
Birth of Jesus Birth of Muhammad Birth of Trump
Mentally Impaired Menage
  01/15/25
Figuring out the wheel was pretty big Also electricity &...
Mahogany stage
  01/15/25
Jesus' life Gutenberg's printing press Development of ...
Dashing Sienna National
  01/15/25
Colombian exchange was significant. It basically took a bunc...
Mahogany stage
  01/15/25
took a bunch of people who for all purposes were nearly dist...
Henna internal respiration church building
  01/15/25
Fire Electricity AI
Startled Rough-skinned Den
  01/15/25
...
chartreuse impressive pistol
  01/15/25
1/6/21 tops the list, obviously. Still thinking about the ne...
Boyish death wish ape
  01/15/25
...
Alcoholic shimmering genital piercing
  01/15/25
...
mustard coiffed spot new version
  01/17/25
Jesus's birth Gutenberg's printing press Jeter's flip
magical plaza milk
  01/15/25
To get the old slow (now dead) giambi out at the plate??
Twinkling Point
  01/16/25
Bro, most shortstops would have been standing at 2nd base.
magical plaza milk
  01/16/25
Agriculture, electricity, and Internet/AI represent 3 transf...
Zombie-like Nowag
  01/15/25
...
Zombie-like Nowag
  01/16/25
Agree w ag, electricity, and internet/ai
Insane vibrant center
  01/16/25
...
Zombie-like Nowag
  01/16/25
covid, george floyd, and the CA wildfires
Stubborn blue shrine
  01/15/25
1. Buddha's Birth 2. Aryan Invasion 3. Vivek Ramaswamy's B...
Excitant cruise ship
  01/16/25
...
mustard coiffed spot new version
  01/17/25
Caesar Assassination French Revolution Nuclear Bombing...
domesticated electric goal in life
  01/16/25
...
Zombie-like Nowag
  01/17/25
Trump saying pussy Announcing the wrong Best Picture winne...
talented location
  01/17/25
...
motley nudist idiot
  01/17/25
...
purple fragrant station filthpig
  01/18/25
...
Harsh embarrassed to the bone principal's office tattoo
  01/18/25
Indo-European migrations Hastings Hitler
concupiscible crimson people who are hurt
  01/17/25
Cr that poa's shooting threat at UC Hastings changed everyth...
talented location
  01/17/25
I would argue that the most important "event" in h...
Learning disabled forum
  01/17/25
The independent or shared origins of fire use and agricultur...
Zombie-like Nowag
  01/18/25
Salamis Battle of Cape Bon Waterloo
bull headed macaca abode
  01/18/25
Christ tobacco Rudolf Diesel
Harsh embarrassed to the bone principal's office tattoo
  01/18/25
Interesting trio - though ‘Christ’ and ‘to...
Zombie-like Nowag
  01/18/25
Ag revolution (if you can call it an event) Alexander's con...
Dunedain cowboy
  06/15/25
Whokebe and Mr. Jinx #1 for me
Edmonton Oilers
  06/15/25
Agriculture is not an "event". Renders the term m...
Senior Ethics Official
  06/15/25
you make that criticism of agriculture, but then present &qu...
peeface
  06/15/25
Yeah, a strong argument could be made that bipedalism was th...
.,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,...
  06/15/25
OP: "events" to be defined as you like
Dunedain cowboy
  06/15/25
humans learn agriculture humans learn to read and write so ...
Miss Anthropy
  06/15/25
1. the invention of writing 2. Alexander spreading the seed...
hank_scorpio
  06/15/25


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 2:51 PM
Author: Henna internal respiration church building

"Events" to be defined as you like

Mine:

1. Agriculture

2. Crucifixion of Jesus

3. Colombian exchange

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555449)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 18th, 2025 2:38 AM
Author: Zombie-like Nowag

Solid picks.

Agriculture as the foundation of societal complexity, the crucifixion of Jesus for its enduring influence on Western culture and morality, and the Colombian Exchange as the catalyst for globalization and biological convergence—hard to argue with the breadth of those choices, though after agriculture I propose electricity and then internet/AI.

Given its role in democratizing knowledge and accelerating these cultural shifts, would you say the printing press deserves a spot over one of these?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562406)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 2:55 PM
Author: lavender lay really tough guy

No one right answer to this, you'll get a lot of views, but to me, considering it carefully, it's probably:

1) founding of XO;

2) C12 outing;

3) loss of XO SSL certificate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555459)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:33 PM
Author: Alcoholic shimmering genital piercing



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555551)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:38 PM
Author: irradiated home voyeur



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555572)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 9:20 PM
Author: mustard coiffed spot new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48561905)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: thriller ladyboy digit ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562121)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 18th, 2025 2:27 AM
Author: Zombie-like Nowag



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562386)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 18th, 2025 3:21 AM
Author: Harsh embarrassed to the bone principal's office tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562475)



Reply Favorite

Date: March 29th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: Naked blathering parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48794274)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 1:02 PM
Author: fulano

The Day the Links Worked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017547)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: high noon flavored seltzer tp



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017992)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: pitchforks (βœ…πŸ‘)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017555)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: Jeremy Wade Delle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017999)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: Big love of her life brunch

How is agriculture an event.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555466)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: chartreuse impressive pistol

dogpile

myspace

openai

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555468)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Mentally Impaired Menage

Birth of Jesus

Birth of Muhammad

Birth of Trump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555476)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:01 PM
Author: Mahogany stage

Figuring out the wheel was pretty big

Also electricity > agriculture

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555479)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:04 PM
Author: Dashing Sienna National

Jesus' life

Gutenberg's printing press

Development of the scientific method

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555493)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:07 PM
Author: Mahogany stage

Colombian exchange was significant. It basically took a bunch of violent murderous savages and gave them brains, which directly led to things like the modern drug cartels

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555502)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:11 PM
Author: Henna internal respiration church building

took a bunch of people who for all purposes were nearly distinct species, and jumbled them

not to mention the animals and plants.

whole earth was different after those boats. new planet, first day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555514)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: Startled Rough-skinned Den

Fire

Electricity

AI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555547)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: chartreuse impressive pistol



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555554)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: Boyish death wish ape

1/6/21 tops the list, obviously. Still thinking about the next two

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555553)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: Alcoholic shimmering genital piercing



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555560)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: mustard coiffed spot new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48561907)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 3:41 PM
Author: magical plaza milk

Jesus's birth

Gutenberg's printing press

Jeter's flip

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555586)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 16th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: Twinkling Point

To get the old slow (now dead) giambi out at the plate??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557995)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 16th, 2025 1:37 PM
Author: magical plaza milk

Bro, most shortstops would have been standing at 2nd base.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48558000)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 4:05 PM
Author: Zombie-like Nowag

Agriculture, electricity, and Internet/AI represent 3 transformative platforms that redefined human progress.

Agriculture enabled societal complexity, electricity powered industrialization and modern innovation, and internet/AI pushes the boundaries of automation and intelligence.

Each marks a turning point, cascading into systems that shape the modern world.

Runner-ups include the invention of writing, which preserved and shared human knowledge across generations; the printing press, which democratized information and accelerated the Renaissance; the steam engine, which revolutionized transportation and industry; and the development of the telegraph/Morse code, which laid the groundwork for modern communication networks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555651)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 16th, 2025 4:38 AM
Author: Zombie-like Nowag



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557013)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 16th, 2025 5:29 AM
Author: Insane vibrant center

Agree w ag, electricity, and internet/ai

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557033)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 16th, 2025 6:01 AM
Author: Zombie-like Nowag



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557045)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 15th, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: Stubborn blue shrine

covid, george floyd, and the CA wildfires

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48555652)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 16th, 2025 5:34 AM
Author: Excitant cruise ship

1. Buddha's Birth

2. Aryan Invasion

3. Vivek Ramaswamy's Birth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48557034)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 9:21 PM
Author: mustard coiffed spot new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48561908)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 16th, 2025 2:14 PM
Author: domesticated electric goal in life

Caesar Assassination

French Revolution

Nuclear Bombing of Japan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48558123)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 9:20 PM
Author: Zombie-like Nowag



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48561904)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 10:46 PM
Author: talented location

Trump saying pussy

Announcing the wrong Best Picture winner

Taylor Swift red body paint AI pics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562072)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 10:49 PM
Author: motley nudist idiot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562078)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 18th, 2025 12:58 AM
Author: purple fragrant station filthpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562308)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 18th, 2025 1:06 AM
Author: Harsh embarrassed to the bone principal's office tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562316)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 10:57 PM
Author: concupiscible crimson people who are hurt

Indo-European migrations

Hastings

Hitler

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562097)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: talented location

Cr that poa's shooting threat at UC Hastings changed everything for xo and the world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562132)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 17th, 2025 11:20 PM
Author: Learning disabled forum

I would argue that the most important "event" in human history is the point where we developed our advanced linguistic capabilities. Up until a few tens of thousands of years ago, we lived in small bands in Africa using only primitive tools. Then suddenly we began using far more complex tools and colonized the entire fucking planet. Nobody knows for sure what caused this, but mastering language seems like the most likely bet.

Beyond language, fire and agriculture would be the next ones on my list. Without fire, we can't cook food, and we probably never have enough calories to develop brains big enough to master language. And even with language, there was no way to create large, complex civilizations without agriculture.

But both of these innovations are stretching the idea of an "event." Agriculture was developed independently at least 7-8 times over the course of human history. Fire dates back to prehistoric times, but it seems doubtful that it was discovered only once, especially given that language hadn't been invented yet, so it wasn't exactly easy to share the news.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562151)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 18th, 2025 2:28 AM
Author: Zombie-like Nowag

The independent or shared origins of fire use and agriculture are fascinating questions with implications for human development. Let’s break it down:

1. Fire:

Evidence of Independent Discovery:

Early humans likely discovered fire independently in various regions. Evidence of controlled fire use dates back to 1–2 million years ago, with sites in Africa (e.g., Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa) showing early fire use by Homo erectus.

The natural occurrence of fire (e.g., lightning strikes) and its widespread availability would have allowed multiple groups of humans to encounter and experiment with fire independently.

Techniques for creating and maintaining fire (e.g., using friction or sparks from stones) likely developed separately in different regions as humans spread across the globe.

2. Agriculture:

Evidence of Independent Discovery:

Agriculture arose independently in several parts of the world during the Neolithic period (10,000–12,000 years ago), with distinct domestication events. Examples include:

Fertile Crescent (wheat, barley, lentils).

East Asia (rice, millet).

Mesoamerica (maize, beans, squash).

Andes/Amazonia (potatoes, quinoa).

Sub-Saharan Africa (sorghum, yams).

Papua New Guinea (bananas, taro).

The independent development of agriculture is supported by genetic and archaeological evidence showing that domestication occurred at different times and with different species, adapted to local climates and environments.

Shared Origin vs. Independent Discoveries:

Fire: Likely discovered and mastered multiple times independently due to its natural presence and the universal utility it offered for cooking, warmth, protection, and tool-making.

Agriculture: Developed independently in response to similar environmental pressures, such as climate stabilization at the end of the Ice Age, population growth, and resource demands.

3. Influence and Spread:

While both fire and agriculture likely originated independently in multiple locations, cultural diffusion played a role in spreading techniques and innovations between groups.

For example, early agricultural practices and crops often spread along trade routes and migrations, blending innovations from multiple sources.

Fire management techniques could also spread through cultural exchange, but its discovery was less likely reliant on contact.

Conclusion:

Both fire and agriculture likely have independent origins, discovered by separate groups in different regions. However, once these technologies were developed, they could have been shared and refined through interactions between human populations. Fire predates agriculture by hundreds of thousands of years, making it a more universal and ancient discovery.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562388)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 18th, 2025 12:40 AM
Author: bull headed macaca abode

Salamis

Battle of Cape Bon

Waterloo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562293)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 18th, 2025 2:33 AM
Author: Harsh embarrassed to the bone principal's office tattoo

Christ

tobacco

Rudolf Diesel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562400)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 18th, 2025 2:39 AM
Author: Zombie-like Nowag

Interesting trio - though ‘Christ’ and ‘tobacco’ both fit as transformative forces, the addition of Rudolf Diesel feels niche compared to broader historical pivots like electricity or the internet/AI.

What’s your rationale? Are you framing Diesel as emblematic of industrialization or as a more symbolic figure for modern technological acceleration?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#48562407)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 12:51 PM
Author: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

Ag revolution (if you can call it an event)

Alexander's conquest

Techno Viking



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017530)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Edmonton Oilers

Whokebe and Mr. Jinx #1 for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017537)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 1:03 PM
Author: Senior Ethics Official

Agriculture is not an "event". Renders the term meaningless. That was a process which occurred over thousands of years.

Thats like saying "politicth" = most important event. Gay and stupid and thoughtless.

With that stated, tcr is:

Upright walking

Mastery of fire

Mastety of electricity



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017549)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: peeface

you make that criticism of agriculture, but then present "upright walking"? like one dude stood up once, everyone looked at him and stood up, and bam upright walking from then on?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017583)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: .,.,,...,...,..,....,...,...,...


Yeah, a strong argument could be made that bipedalism was the most important "event" in human history. But most likely this was a far more gradual process than something like agriculture. Even chimps can walk on two feet for short distances.

That said, if I remember correctly, there were some enormous changes in the fossil record at almost exactly the same time that humans became bipedal. Our male ancestors became much smaller and lost their large canines (which our primate cousins use exclusively to fight with other males, primarily for access to females). The most likely explanation is that once we were bipedal, it became possible to carry food long distances in our hands. And almost immediately, our female ancestors starting fucking the males that would bring them food and other resources rather than the males who were biggest and strongest and could beat up the other males. I guess women have been whores for a very long time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49017619)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 4:46 PM
Author: Dunedain cowboy (πŸΎπŸ‘£)

OP: "events" to be defined as you like

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49018170)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 4:49 PM
Author: Miss Anthropy

humans learn agriculture

humans learn to read and write so good

humans learn fire

honorable mention: AI for the start of the end of the world as we know it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49018174)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 15th, 2025 4:50 PM
Author: hank_scorpio

1. the invention of writing

2. Alexander spreading the seeds of what would become western civilization

3. Columbian exchange is a pretty tough one to argue

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5664233&forum_id=2#49018176)