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That's starting from a point almost at the finish line, with intelligent social dexterous tool-using fire-making apes. Really it took our species about 4 billi
by mkl 5y ago
That's starting from a point almost at the finish line, with intelligent social dexterous tool-using fire-making apes. Really it took our species about 4 billion years. Every other living species has had just as long, and hasn't developed civilisation. There's every reason to think that the extinct dinosaurs, given 66 million more years, would be like every other non-human species.
- loonster 5y agoThat got me wondering how long it took social insects to evolve. Did we have massive colonies 66 million years ago? Appears so. [0] [0] https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/32/2/406/1054064 https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/32/2/406/1054064
- airstrike 5y agoI'd listen to this thread as a podcast