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>Something accelerated the restlessness, perhaps language?

Look up David Harvey's work, I think it was less language and more certain economic patterns demanding acceleration.

The time scales are long enough for evolution itself to play out. It's very plausible that the percent of the human gene pool that has the "restless builder" genes simply increased over time. Just consider how much of an advantage being technologically superior gives one party in a war.

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