/sci/ - Science & Math

Are there or ever were other living organisms, mammal or not, that are/were sapient like us?

What evolutionary conditions caused sapience to flourish in primates, but not in any other mammal?

And how long is it going to last before we end up extinct and another species is sapient, or will there be a point where sapience is actually a negative trait that dies out?

Homo sapiens has existed for at least 150,000 years, yet only in the past 10,000 has technology and culture developed rapidly. Is there some event that caused this relatively sudden development? Are there at least hypotheses?

If I had to guess, I'd that population reached a critical point at which it was feasible for any given tribe to reliably have neighbors within walking distance. This allowed for the free exchange of memes, and therefore the rapid evolution of memes. That, and possibly the invention of some fundamental technologies that were necessary to further discoveries.

>>1319108

Actually Homosapiens would be those in the picture.

You meant Homosapienssapiens which refer to the modern man.