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title: "What has been the world's greatest invention and why?"  
description: "What has been the world's greatest invention and why?"  
author: "Hemant Patel"  
published: 2017-12-06  
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# What has been the world's greatest invention and why?

What has been the world's [greatest invention](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33471/what-is-the-greatest-invention-and-why) and why?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**The invention of "fire"** is considered as **the world’s [greatest](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1580/7-of-history-s-greatest-rebels) invention** early age humans witnessed fire many times but they were unable to control it and they were even not having **the ability to produce fire**. By going through some facts I found that fire was properly used **about 125,000 years ago.** \

![What has been the world](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/bdea3d25-8ae3-4d78-895c-9493fa126adb/images/fbc9c0cf-a9c2-4db0-b025-d77a50c725d7.png)\

**There is a variant reason for considering it is one of the greatest inventions** which are basic in nature but are really **much more important than other technical inventions.** Fire gave us warmth in extreme winter, protection, and led to a host of other key inventions and skills like cooking. ![What has been the world](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/bdea3d25-8ae3-4d78-895c-9493fa126adb/images/1b408e63-fcf1-4a8d-858d-bd9dc8c87591.png)\
**Its fire because of which we are able to cook and eat nutritious food** which helps our brain in getting enhanced and also provides a proper structure to the human body. **Fire is an integral part of almost all invention** whether it’s related to a technical invention or any structural invention. \
**"hope this was informative"**


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