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The first simple machine was invented the first time a lever was used when the cave men were using a stick to raise a rock out of the ground.

However, some simple machines were not invented, but appeared naturally, such as the inclined plane. Certainly animals may have used ramps before they could manipulate a stick.

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I don't think anyone knows for sure but my guess would be the lever because it has many uses. Digging, lifting and prying things apart would all use a lever. All of these tasks would be done by early man and using a stick to help would be, I think, a natural inclination. Of course they probably wouldn't know it was a simple machine.

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