Carlos Chiriboga

They have to gather in groups.

They can't be like bears who hate each other and stuff like that.

They have to have a pack instinct like humans do.

Mates?

Well, not necessarily.

Not necessarily, yeah.

But they have to have a pack instinct where they gather and cooperate for the greater good of their tribe or their pack.

Right.

And the reason for that is there's no way that a single entity could develop everything from rocks to space travel, right?

So they need to be able to work together.

They need to be able to specialize.

The only way to specialize is if you have this guy is making shoes, that guy is making bread, and so on.

Okay.

So you need the concept of a society or you're not going to be able to do it.

Another thing you need is you need language.

Absolutely necessary so you can convey information from one member of the tribe to another.

And so that information lives longer than your death.

So if you die, the things you learned are passed on to others.

Yeah, that's true.

To inspire generations of the record.