Humans Today Still Benefit from the Famous Invention of Alexander

question 165

Multiple Choice

Humans today still benefit from the famous invention of Alexander Graham Bell (the telephone) . Even though Bell has been dead for generations, the basic technology he invented still lives on, and modern telephone systems have built off of and elaborated upon his invention. What best describes this?

• A) generational division of labor
• B) network of trade and exchange
• C) praxis of creativity
• D) progress through preservation of knowledge

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