And of all the artifacts that have aided cognition, the most important is the developmentofwriting, or more properly, of notational systems: number systems, writing, calendars, notational systems for mathematics, engineering, music and dance.
In many cases, EU-funded projects are duplications of other projects or efforts to re-invent the wheal-the writingof books and manuals and the developmentof software that can be purchased for a few hundred dollars in the marketplace.