Eli5 why did humans take so long to create civilizations?

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I understand that it took quite a few million years for humans to accommodate to their environment, but why did apes for example stay the same approximately while we had all the advancement. For example why are we into philosophy, writing manifestos, infrastructure, complex design, technology etc while apes aren’t exactly.
Why did it take us 6 million years of hunting to think about farming?

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Farming was not necessary. When you have a tribe of 100, they can feed on natural resources, like get a banana from a tree. When we have 8 billion people, that banana tree is no longer enough to feed us all and the problem solving begins.

To start doing something new, there needs to be a problem first that is annoying enough for someone to get off of their bum and do something about it.

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