As a collective we save knowledge so the next generation can build on that knowledge.when you think humans can climb a tree in a twinkling, are super strong etc. All species have their skill sets. Our skill set is the frontal lobe....and long term memory.When you think orangutans, gorillas, and chimps will land on the moon, master fire, make electronics, create the written word, master flight, make beautiful music, make vaccines, create the internet or nuclear weapons, etc?We're primates that developed from a common ancestor 5-7 million years ago that yes was an ape.
That is a fact....The evidence is very strong.
Not a fact, it is a theory, big difference. And if we descended from an ape, why are there still apes?
Humans, Orangs, Gorillas, Chimps, we've all been evolving in parallel.
How smart is the average person? If put on a deserted island with your parents would you guys be able to do anything other than rub two sticks together? You wouldn't know how to make steal, oil, electricity, perform a surgery, build an engine, smart phone.
Most of us aren't that much smarter than people were 1000 years ago.
We rule because we work well in groups and invented writing