Ski lift and knife: what they have in common
- Step 1. Ski lift — works like — Cable car. Cable transport.
- Step 2. Cable car — uses — Rope. A steel rope pulls and holds a cable car's cabins.
- Step 3. Rope — is part of — Harpoon. A line connects the head to the hunter.
- Step 4. Harpoon — evolved from — Spear. A spear with barbs.
- Step 5. Spear — has part — Stone tool. Early spearheads were made of stone.
- Step 6. Stone tool — evolved into — Knife. The first knives were stone flakes.