There are 7 forms of story, first form to ever be recorded is cave paintings. The oldest recorded cave painting was 40,000 years ago discovered in the Cave of El Castillo in Spain. Cave paintings were mainly used to tell stories by creating images across cave walls and drawing images such as men, animals and also villages. These would usually tell stories about events that had taken place of great importance to the area of the village.
The next form of story to even form according to a timeline in history is Text. Text is probably the most common form of story writing as usually every story starts with written text and then developed in other forms of media such as movies and TV dramas. The first recorded text story was 4,600 years ago which was in-fact a myth to which I will explain more about myths later on. This story was actually written in Egyptian text, some my consider it to by hieroglyphics by the use of images.
Theater is also considered a form of story which is next in the timeline. Around 2500 years old, was first used by Ancient Greeks and was possibly used to show the great power of the myths of the Greek Gods (Zeus, possidon etc.). This is more or less entertainment purposes and possibly show of respect for the Greek Gods as they believe that when ever a thunder storm strikes, Zeus is angry. By using theater performances , it could be a sign of respect to Zeus and apology for any trouble the Greeks caused.
Next on the timeline is Comics, and not the ones we see today. The first recorded comic is in-fact Trajan's Column in Rome. The column is covered in carvings of people, telling a story about Trajan's victory in the Darcian Wars. Similar to Hieroglyphics, but used in a 'Comic Strip' fashion.
This is probably one of the most famous methods of story, film. Every year now we see hundreds of movies made, either it be the average 2 hours long, or even just a simple 30 second clip, it still counts as a film. A film is defined by a selection of still images put in order to create a moving images. The first recorded film would be in 1878 (134 years old) called Eadweard Muybridge horse. The film was a selection of side images of a horse rider riding his horse to a stop. Eadweard then put together those images around a turning wheel to when the wheel was turned, it would create he illusion that the horse was in-fact moving.
31 years later after the first film created, radio was invented and was live on the air to which the first story was to be told. The first story was told in 1909 by Charles David Herrold, from then on many stories have been told through radio, either it be news stories or mythical stories.
And finally, the last form of story telling is television, being only 87 years old (1927) and was first told by Ernest Alexanderson. From then on, television is possibly one of the most common and popular methods of story telling. Both radio and movies are on television these days, making it the most common form of listening to reading about stories.
References:
1) Cave Painting in the Cave of El Castillo - http://www.spain.info/export/sites/spaininfo/comun/galeria_imagenes/monumentos/r2_cueva_castillo_puenteviesgo_c_Figura10.jpg_369272544.jpg
2) Myth of Etana tablet - http://www.catshaman.com/13Sumerian/image1672.JPG
3) Greek Theater - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Hearst_Greek_Theatre_(Berkeley,_CA).JPG
4) Trajan's Column - https://www2.bc.edu/~kenth/2934180621_22689d1d45_b.jpg
5) Eadweard Muybridge horse - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/The_Horse_in_Motion.jpg
6) Charles David Herrold - http://bayarearadio.org/schneider/images/herrold2.jpg
7) Ernst Alexanderson - http://edisontechcenter.org/halloffamephotos/AlexRadio1927.jpg
1) Cave Painting in the Cave of El Castillo - http://www.spain.info/export/sites/spaininfo/comun/galeria_imagenes/monumentos/r2_cueva_castillo_puenteviesgo_c_Figura10.jpg_369272544.jpg
2) Myth of Etana tablet - http://www.catshaman.com/13Sumerian/image1672.JPG
3) Greek Theater - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Hearst_Greek_Theatre_(Berkeley,_CA).JPG
4) Trajan's Column - https://www2.bc.edu/~kenth/2934180621_22689d1d45_b.jpg
5) Eadweard Muybridge horse - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/The_Horse_in_Motion.jpg
6) Charles David Herrold - http://bayarearadio.org/schneider/images/herrold2.jpg
7) Ernst Alexanderson - http://edisontechcenter.org/halloffamephotos/AlexRadio1927.jpg