Survival

Survival Research is the easiest research that can and should be unlocked at the earliest time possible.

It provides the basic tools and weapons required in early game.

Basic Survival Training
Research is unlocked at the start of the game.

Make Shift Construction
Research is unlocked at the start of the game.

Heat Treatment
Research is unlocked at the start of the game.

Herb Lore
To unlock, simply find any herb on the ground and hold right click to research the herb (for example the dotted algae)

This would allow you to make bandages and the mortar & Pestle.

Snakeweed Bending
Unlike "herb lore", for snakeweed bending you will specifically need to find snakeweed plant. It's the yellowish plant which looks a bit like seaweed. Simply research this plant and you will unlock "Snakeweed Bending"

Primitive Warfare
Once you have snakeweed unlocked, now you can unlock "Primitive Warfare". For this, the only requirement is to complete the research on "Snakeweed Bending".

Make sure you have 1 piece of paper with you to create the research paper and complete the "Snakeweed Bending" Research at the Research Table. Once the "Snakeweed Bending Research Complete" notification is shown, the "Primitive Warfare" research will be unlocked a few seconds later.

With this unlocked, now you have access to better weapons, the spear and the knife with the knife you no longer need a dissection table to dissect creatures you have previously researched.

Blacksmithing
Having the basic spear is good, however to make your playthrough easier, it is better to unlock "Blacksmithing" early so that you have better weapons and tools much faster.

To unlock "Blacksmithing", you will need to head west from your base camp until you reach the mountain area called the "Fangs".

Once you see the rocky mountains, iron deposits can be found just plainly in the Fangs. Just research the iron deposit there.

Once unlocked, "Blacksmithing" allows us to create iron weapons and tools.

Precise Metalworking
However do not just stop once you've obtained "Blacksmithing" Research.

Head to the south section of the entrance to the Fangs to find a cave.

Go deeper until you find the Gold deposit.

Unlike the previous research, this one does not unlock just by researching gold deposit.

You will need to mine the gold deposit and pickup the gold ore to actually unlock "Precise Metalworking"

With this we are now able to craft jewelry.