6,000-Year-Old Wheel Origin Discovered in Carpathian Mountains; Study Suggests Copper Miners Created World's 1st Wheel

A recent study proposes that copper miners in the Carpathian Mountains may have developed the wheel 6,000 years ago. Using advanced modelling techniques, researchers explored how miners likely invented crucial wheel innovations to transport heavy loads in narrow mine shafts, suggesting a possible origin of one of history’s most transformative inventions.