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The oldest wooden wheel yet discovered was found in marshes in Ljubljana
Petar Milošević
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This month, I’m going to tackle a question from OHS editor Chelsea Whyte:
“Is it possible to know who invented the wheel? Not what nation or region they lived in, but which person or group did it? Is this a stupid question? Seems like writing came around a similar time, but even if …