A book about the history of cultural development and progress of mankind. The history of the emergence of the most important inventions of mankind. Fire, ceramics, burials, cremation, jewelry, ochre, crests, bells, tattoos. Smelting metallurgy - copper, bronze, iron. Inventions of glass and electricity. What are the main reasons for these inventions, what unites them? Why are cultural achievements and progress connected with Homo sapiens? Our book is trying to answer all these questions.