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[–] Master_Foo ago 

I imagine that's because it becomes harder to determine provenance the farther back in time you go. I mean, we should probably include the invention of fire as the single most important advancement in human achievement, but, it's pretty much impossible to attribute that to any one person, or even any given proto-civilization.

A quick glance puts Homer as the oldest figure I could find on the list, and that's pretty iffy. We really don't have any historical record of Homer actually existing. We just have works that are generally attributed to Homer, but are likely the work of generations of verbal history.

Pretty much anything older than Homer is going to be the same thing. Prior to that, written history is usually about the accomplishments of a king who won a battle, or will be attributed to someone who is more likely a legendary hero as opposed to a historical person, for instance, Abraham. According to legend, Abraham invented the concept of monotheism, which might make him worthy of being on the list of Philosophy, but the historical provenance is highly questionable as to whether he actually existed.