I agree that the last 10,000 years are astounding, though that came after 7 million years of evolution (or ~540 million years, or billions of years, depending on how you look at it).
> Before agriculture, the life of humans wasn't a lot different from any other animals, despite the tools.
Pace Silicon Valley; we are far more than our technology! If you took away my permanent structures, agricultural products, computer, writing, and other post-paleolithic technology, I still would be much more than an animal, thank you. And so would you.
Please explain what you would be doing and how it is dramatically different from other animals? You have no social groups larger then extended family and no free time to dedicate to anything other then substance gathering.
Both of these are incorrect. There's plenty of evidence of trade between disparate groups and plenty of evidence of art, craft, etc. that indicate our pre-agricultural ancestors had free time and contact with other groups.
> If you took away my permanent structures, agricultural products, computer, writing, and other post-paleolithic technology, I still would be much more than an animal, thank you. And so would you.
> Before agriculture, the life of humans wasn't a lot different from any other animals, despite the tools.
Pace Silicon Valley; we are far more than our technology! If you took away my permanent structures, agricultural products, computer, writing, and other post-paleolithic technology, I still would be much more than an animal, thank you. And so would you.