Eli5 why does animals not innovate like humans?

Question

So humans have made many innovations and new technology over the past thousand years but animals never do?

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Answer 1

Humans are combination of several key evolutionary adaptions that exist in other animals but not in the same combination.

We have very high intelligence, but so do Dolphins and Elephants

We can use tools, but so can Chimps and Crows

We are capable of complex speech able to pass on information, but so can bees, and arguably some birds

We work in groups but so do countless other animals

Combining all of these factors and the ability to pass knowledge onto the next generation so that we don’t have to start from zero every time has led us to have technology.