Comic #7161: monolith-2

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Panel 1:

• Person 1: "Evolution, how did humans get so intelligent?"
• Person 2: "I will tell you the tale."

Panel 2:

• "Once, where primates roamed the Earth, a great black monolith came."

Panel 3:

• "Its alien technology selected the wisest creatures and gave them the knowledge to build a better world."

Panel 4:

• "Those were the Neanderthals."

Panel 5:

• "They built towers and cities in harmony, whose general shininess attracted humans."

Panel 6:

• "In order to deceive, murder, and kin, Neanderthals, humans evolved brains that were just big enough for language, but not big enough to turn them against violence."

Panel 7:

• Person 1: "Wow. I figured it was something about tool use."

Panel 8:

• Person 2: "Now you also know why aliens never visit!"

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