Old Rocks
Diamond Member
While the people that are the ancestors of the Europeans were still in tribal and savage stage, the great civilizations of old China, India, Southern Egypt, and the Middle East were the centers of learning and civilization of the time. Europe, and Europeans, are late comers to the civilization game. European peoples are the most mixed of all the groups of peoples on the Earth, having been invaded from the North, South, and East.
Most cultures developed there complexity through the races that developed them intelligence. You're going to get a more complex culture if you have a higher iq(ability to think through things) than a bunch of naked fire dancers.