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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I’m not an expert, but this is how I see it: Our ability to create civilization primarily relied on our capacity to pass down knowledge to future generations, beyond just through our genes and instincts. It is likely that we ourselves hindered this process as nomadic tribes came into contact, fought, and lost. Essentially, this reset our ability to pass down knowledge to zero repeatedly (this likely went on for a long time) until a tribe became strong enough to establish a stable foundation and adequately defend itself, ensuring the preservation of knowledge for more than just one or two generations. This likely compelled other tribes to do the same, as the territories of the stronger tribes expanded. They needed to replicate this process or face extinction. This is why you see agriculture emerging independently all over the world. If you are referring to a civilization as complex as ours, it simply comes down to the discovery of a fuel source, such as fossil fuels. Otherwise, we would still be relatively primitive. However, it took a long time for these significant fuel sources to be utilized effectively.
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