>>I think it happened out of competition, acquisition (wars and battles) and jealousy.
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>That of course was the case.
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>But the question, I was a little more explicit in my post to Jim, is how did homo-sapiens become so much better at the compeition in such a short time?


Our opposable thumb that enabled us to pick up things and examine our surrounding? The ability to grasp and hold on to things like no other creature could? Our curiosity about ourselves and our fellow earth dwellers?


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>What was the new enabling strategy that allowed them to succeed in competition for resources?

The ability to plan and to "save for a rainy day".


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>The answer I'm going with is the ability to ask a question, or, put another way, the birth of critical thought.

Oh yeah, that too. :-)