The wheel...

[Imperial Dave]

https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2024-10-wheel.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17297042569814&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2024-10-wheel.html

And no, nothing to do with Micael Mcintyre

[Ian61]

And no, nothing to do with Micael Mcintyre

Or the Flintstones apparently. 

A point they make themselves and then ignore is that... 

Most historians suspect it was invented in many places at different times around the world.

If it was invented multiple times the path taken need not be the same, who knows what some ancient genius might have thought to short circuit the process or come at from a different direction.