If humans have been in our current form for 250,000 years, why did it take so long for us to progress yet once it began it’s in hyperspeed?

Question

We went from no human flight to landing on the moon in under 100 years. I’m personally overwhelmed at how fast technology is moving, it’s hard to keep up. However for 240,000+ years we just rolled around in the dirt hunting and gathering without even figuring out the wheel?

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My great-grandmother told me stories of crossing the Mississippi on a raft in a covered wagon pulled by mules. They came from Tennessee to pick cotton in Arkansas. They had no electricity at home, only kerosene lanterns. She lived 103 years and saw autos replace wagons, home electricity, indoor plumbing, two world wars, the telephone, radio, and TV. She was alive when men landed on the moon. I should be so lucky to live a life like that.