@JPLosman0711,
It doesn't matter what came first. What matters is that man continues to develop new methods to view our environment, and when we are born into that environment. That math and science have developed exponentially during our generation shows that man is capable of inventing new things and theories to view our world.
If we were lucky enough to have been born in "this" generation (from the early 1900's to now), we have seen science at its best. We saw man reach the moon, satellites reaching far beyond our stratosphere, the computer, and airplanes that can take us half way around the world in one day.
The next generation will probably see technology advance to a stage way beyond what we have today.
As knowledge and communication increases, we can only hope that mankind will seek a more peaceful world.