[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

If you mean animals like chimps and dolphins, I think one of the first driving factors was cooking meat. It takes something like 70% less energy to digest cooked meat than raw. This executed energy went into building the brain which led to everything else.