[eli5] Why did humans advance so far so fast while other intelligent animals did not?

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[eli5] Why did humans advance so far so fast while other intelligent animals did not?

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Answer 1

Another thing to add to the other reasons why we are successful is that we have domesticated ourselves. We underwent changes similar to the dog during its domestication. The fact that we are able to trade and cooperate with groups outside of family is one of the pieces of the puzzle of human dominance of Earth.

Here is an article that explains it better than I could. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-humans-maybe-domesticated-themselves