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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Answer 1

We weren’t “just rolling around in the dirt hunting and gathering.” People were getting shit done all the time in the ice age. Most of the speedy technological developments just can’t happen without the modern scale and population of the world.