Cov teeb pom kev qub tshaj plaws hnub rov qab mus rau Neolithic Age. Lub sijhawm ntawd, cov neeg tau khawb ib lub qhov hauv phab ntsa ntawm ib lub tsev faus thiab teeb nrog lub twister ua los ntawm cov nroj tsuag rau teeb pom kev zoo. Tsis tas li ntawd, lub teeb thaum ntxov tej zaum yuav tau hloov zuj zus los ntawm cov hlab ntsha xws li cov taum lauj kaub tais diav, uas tib neeg tuav roj thiab ua ke nrog wicks los tsim teeb. Raws li lub sij hawm dhau mus, cov duab thiab cov khoom siv ntawm cov teeb ci txuas ntxiv mus, thiab ntau hom teeb xws li hlau teeb, ceramic teeb, thiab bronze teeb tau tshwm sim.
Nws yog tsim nyog sau cia tias cov npe ntawm cov teeb kuj tau hloov pauv thoob plaws hauv keeb kwm. Thaum lub sij hawm Yin thiab Shang Dynasties, teeb tau sau ua "stirups" thiab tom qab ntawd hloov mus rau "teeb". Yog li ntawd, nyob rau hauv archaeological excavations, peb yuav pom ib co artifacts hu ua " stirrups ", uas yog thaum ntxov teeb.
Hauv cov ntsiab lus, txij li cov duab thiab cov khoom siv ntawm lub teeb tau hloov pauv thoob plaws hauv keeb kwm, thiab kev tshawb pom archaeological tuaj yeem cuam tshuam los ntawm ntau yam, nws nyuaj rau txiav txim siab seb lub teeb twg yog "laus tshaj plaws." Txawm li cas los xij, dab tsi yog qhov tseeb yog tias keeb kwm ntawm cov teeb pom kev sib raug zoo nrog kev txhim kho ntawm tib neeg kev vam meej thiab yog cov khoom ntawm kev nruam ntej hauv kev nrhiav lub teeb thiab kev vam meej.
