But archaeological evidence shows that we have been boxes of cell phones (bags and other shipping devices) for tens of thousands of years.
Before sedentary life took root after the end of the last ice age (about 12,000 years ago), other people hunted, fished and collected everything they needed to live.
Without bags, such a way of life would have meant that only a few equipment could stay in the frame at a time. Everything else should be done when and where it is needed, or leave it in strategic locations.
With shipping devices, our ancestors can bring a lot of equipment and there is a merit in making equipment in advance, even those used only occasionally.
Take the example of the 5300-year-old frozen type discovered in the ‘Tztal’ Alps in Tyrol, Italy, in 1991.
He wore dozens of equipment in his baskets of carcaj and rope and birch bark, an axe, bow and arrow, a dagger, medicinal mushrooms and a firepower. A bag sewn into his belt contained small equipment, a drill, a punch and a scraper.
The use of such equipment is a primary merit in enabling humans to prepare for unforeseen events.
When did humans invent containers?
We tested the archaeological archives of the first symptoms of the use of cell containers in humans.
The signs of baskets, nets and pots date back about 30,000 years, with boxes of stalagmites made about 50,000 years ago.
Earlier this year, a study reported on a small piece of triple cord made of internal bark fibers discovered in a Neanderthal dating from 41,000 to 52,000 years ago. This can simply involve creating bags and tissue baskets.
Natural involved, such as shells, were used much earlier through humans and Neanderthals: the archaeological sites of Blombos Cave in South Africa and the Qafzeh cave in Israel record the use of shells to involve red ochre more than 100,000 years ago.
Chances are that the origins of the sending devices are, in fact, much older than we found. However, most of the fabrics used to make shipping devices, such as skins, bark and fibers, are temporarily broken down and leave no indication that we can find.
Older boxes may be reported, especially when archaeologists pay more attention to their collections.
We suspect that without knowing the critical importance of these equipment for human evolution, and because of the arrangement with the collection and “work of women”, some evidence would possibly have been overlooked.
What about the animals?
Marsupials have a wallet for their offspring. Pelicans have a sore throat when sending fish to their young.
But are there animals that make shipping equipment?
Many species use equipment, and some even make equipment, such as chimpanzees that rip sprigs from a branch to fish termites. But few things recommend that these animals keep their equipment for long-term problems, or they invented shipping devices to keep those equipment for a long time.
There are some animal reports regardless of boxes made by humans, such as a crow carrying food with a cup. Humans, of course, have long boxes attached to animals, allowing workhorses to bring or throw loads.
The physical ability to use such equipment is in doubt; only intellectual capacity. There is little evidence that animals have the foresight of recognizing the usefulness of boxes for long-term activities.
They gave him pockets!
The emergence of human cell boxes at least 100,000 years ago indicates that other people are increasingly thinking about the long term and recognizing the long-term usefulness of their tools.
This skill may be at the center of what to innovate.
Humans and other animals constantly solve problems. But once we recognize the possibility of using a solution in the future, we are motivated to conserve and protect new equipment. We might even be willing to invest time and effort to refine those equipment, perhaps sharing them with our friends and family.
In this way, the emergence of cell boxes in archaeological archives would possibly imply a key cognitive replacement in our ancestors: the forecast began to drive the innovation of the equipment (including other boxes) and the evolution of complicated curtain cultures.
Today, cell phone boxes are everywhere. Our garments have pockets, we have suitcases for clothes and trolleys for suitcases. We put suitcases in boxes and boxes on boats. Large human cell boxes in water, in the air and in space.
Mobile boxes are so ubiquitous that it is easy to understand the basic importance of this basic invention.