4steps from the big bang
120things can go into it
box
ProductObject
The folding cardboard box was invented by accident in 1879, when a printing machine cut and creased a paper bag.
First appearedDate not yet known
Made Of
Everything is made of something.← What it takes
What it leads to →
Nothing on this map is built from it yet.
The folding cardboard box was invented by accident in 1879, when a printing machine cut and creased a paper bag.
From the big bang to box
The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.
big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
gluec. 200,000 yrs ago
boxdate unknown