Smokeless powder and needle: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Smokeless powder — evolved from — Gunpowder. A replacement for black powder.
2. Step 2. Gunpowder — is used in — Fire lance. A gunpowder charge.
3. Step 3. Fire lance — evolved from — Spear. The fire lance was a spear with a tube of gunpowder — the first step to firearms.
4. Step 4. Spear — has part — Stone tool. Early spearheads were made of stone.
5. Step 5. Stone tool — evolved into — Needle. Bone needles with an eye are part of the Palaeolithic toolkit.

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