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[–] ronl2k@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Wheels were useless anyway until the invention of the axle, around 3500 BCE.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Mill stones are paleolithic so like 7000 years prior to the wheel and the good ones are just wheels with intentionally angled faces.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What good's an axle without...the grabby thing that holds the axle or whatever it connects to?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Not to mention the lack of internal combustion engines to power the whole thing.