But regardless of whether it was an evolutionary progression or just a killer rager we grew too lazy to leave, settlements in some way and some form were born.

Actually, in many ways and in many forms. We’re seven and a half when Chinese agriculture starts developing, ten years old when we’re scraping our knees along the

Indus Valley

and fifteen when we take a quick swim across the Atlantic to make sure the Americas aren’t left out.

Somewhere between fifteen and seventeen, 4-3k BC, we’re growing enough to have more friends over.

neanderthals? denisovians?

Audible sigh. Cities. The fridge is stocked and the parents are out of town, time to throw a real party ‘cause we’ve achieved civilization!

what’s a civilization?

That’s actually, uhm…we’re not really sure… err…