Engineering Mechanics

Proceedings Vol. 30 (2024)

ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2024

Copyright © 2024 Brno University of Technology, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, Brno

 

Sant Z.
pages 24 - 35, full text

To understand history, we need to look through a wide-angle lens. The knowledge of history is an irreplaceable component to an awareness of the circumstances in which we find ourselves. Evolution, the gradual process lasting over millions of years, which generated the first hominids from the earlier primates. They differed from other kinds of living organism by bipedal walk. Except for this they showed ingenuity, diligence, and organizational skills, that provide other distinctions from further living creatures. The earliest hominids lived in the world about 20 000 years ago in several complex societies in Africa and Mesopotamia where laid the foundations for civilization, acquired the knowledge of agriculture, art, production of weapons, social structure, and politics. Archaeologists say it is the earliest example of modern culture, based on an extraterrestrial collection of the oldest toolkits that match those used by living humans. The development of their knowledge and skills continued, and with it the necessary tools. Just like today’s generation, there was a need to preserve health, so the first, thus oldest implants were tooth replacements. Nowadays, dental implants are very sophisticated, just like many other tools and devices that were created according to the needs of doctors.

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