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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The answer: shortage of females. Most human wars are about the hand of some bride and evasion of jealousy that kills everyone in their way.
They took an eternity to breed wide-hipped women who won’t die during childbirth and leave the man into becoming a woman thief. They finally could create families AND forge family bonds by giving away their birth-ready daughters.

Civilization happened due to women

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