Which event occurred first? beginning of Neolithic Age discovery of fire beginning of last Ice Age invention of writing

discovery of fire occurred first.

Explanation:According to  archaeological reports , human activities can be traced to  Paleolithic (or Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (or Middle Stone Age), and Neolithic (or New Stone Age), OF which Fire , One of man's earliest discovery was Fire in the old stone era, where human lived in caves using  basic stone tools for hunting and protection.  The end of the old stone age gave rise to the  Mesolithic Period after the Last Ice Age in which the basic stone tools were developed and agricultural practices began to pave way and Finally came the  Neolithic period which saw  Advancements  not only in tools and agriculture, but the invention of writing started to set in but gained momentum in The bronze era which marked the earliest written records of the Egyptian hieroglyphs and petroglyphs .

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