Humans have always been an adaptable race - but we had always made these adaptations slowly, taking our time about them. We knew we were complicated beings, especially socially - and making these complicated adjustments had to be done carefully.
The correct procedure, was to make a small change, and then observe what the effects of this were, before making any more. This way, big, but stable, changes could be made - over time.
Over thousands of years, we showed up everywhere - making small, but important changes, as we went along.
It was important that we were aware of these adjustments - which was not hard, if we only had to work with a hundred people, or so - the size of the average tribe.
But we were not satisfied with this, and had to have more - more power, especially. And that meant more people - and sure enough, larger groups, with more people in them showed up.
In fact, a lot of things showed up - and we became civilized, with all its advantages, and disadvantages, of this amazing development.
We were off to the races, the Human Race. We didn't know where we were going - but we were going there fast.
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