Yeah, there were important changes. I’m suggesting that most of their long-term impact came from enabling the bootstrapping process. Consider the (admittedly disputed) time lag between anatomical and behavioral modernity and the further accelerations that have happened since.
ETA: If you could raise an ape as a child, that variety of ape would’ve taken off.
If you raise an ape as a child, you don’t get a child. You just get an ape.
Yeah, there were important changes. I’m suggesting that most of their long-term impact came from enabling the bootstrapping process. Consider the (admittedly disputed) time lag between anatomical and behavioral modernity and the further accelerations that have happened since.
ETA: If you could raise an ape as a child, that variety of ape would’ve taken off.