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We had no civilisations for most of our time on earth.

• Grustaf 8y ago
  We do now. Ants never will.
  • apocalypstyx 8y ago
    However, they managed to master animal husbandry, agriculture, and slavery before homo-sapiens. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/slave-ants-and-their-masters-are-locked-deadly-relationship/ https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/slave-ants-and... https://modernfarmer.com/2014/04/meet-earths-oldest-farmers-ants/ https://modernfarmer.com/2014/04/meet-earths-oldest-farmers-... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/science/ant-fungus-farmers-evolution.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/science/ant-fungus-farmer...
    • Grustaf 8y ago
      All work and no play
• JoeAltmaier 8y ago
  ...and we changed, in the last 50,000 years. More change than in millions before then. And it was probably civilization that did it. Adapting to live in larger communities has had a profound effect on us genetically.