The column is considered to be one of the earliest architectural innovations of man.
The architectural column is based on a column or cylinder that can be felt within the human body.
Here is a picture of a human body.
The cylinder or column that can be felt within the human body is located as shown in this picture.
Then a picture showing how a column replacing the cylinder on the human body.
A primitive human being might have thought to themselves “If the cylinder inside of my body can hold me up, why can’t a cylinder hold up something else like the roof of a building?