The latest member of this family is the Smartpen. Through time, people have used feathers for writing, and recently modern pens and pencils. And little did he know that his idea of literature would one day evolve to modern-day 21st-century heights. Who am I to refute this?”īack in the day when the Neantherdal ( or was it the Ramapithecus/Cro-magnon? ) man got the idea to etch images of his hunts or express his creativity on a wall using stone, the concept of writing was hatched.