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[[File:Making Paper.gif|thumb|Five seminal steps in ancient [[China|Chinese]] papermaking outlined in a [[woodcut]]]]
[[Paper]] is a thin unwoven material traditionally made from milled plant fibers,
Although precursors such as [[papyrus]] and [[amate]] existed in the [[History of the Mediterranean region|Mediterranean world]] and [[Pre-Columbian era|pre-Columbian Americas]], respectively, these materials are not defined as true paper. Nor is true [[parchment]] considered paper;{{efn|Confusingly, parchment ''paper'' is a treated paper used in baking, and unrelated to true parchment.}} used principally for writing, parchment is heavily prepared animal skin that predates paper and possibly papyrus. In the twentieth century with the advent of plastic manufacture some plastic "paper" was introduced, as well as paper-plastic laminates, paper-metal laminates, and papers infused or coated with different products that give them special properties.
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