Why everything might have taken so long

Why did it take humans until 4000BC to invent the wheel? Or 3000BC to begin writing? Katja Grace has gathered an interesting list of hypotheses that could explain why we were so slow to get going.

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I lead teams and organisations to make human-centred decisions. I am a lead content designer and information architect at the Scottish Government.

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