The Great Divergence
While mankind seemingly dominates the Earth in present day, there was a time when this trajectory was not a foregone conclusion. For despite our increasingly accurate research and scientific methodologies, tracking back along the path of human evolution, there remains a long period of time and circumstance definitively unaccounted. From the time of the hominids and leading up to The Great Divergence of primates and humans culminating in the emergence of Homo Erectus and then present day Homo Sapiens, we are far from having all of the answers... This is where our story begins... Ultimate Apes: A Space Odyssey (7,000 years ago: 5,000 BC) ... and it was written, that the Great Council of Primates met along the bank of a Great River in the Far East. They came from all over, thousands and thousands of miles, to congregate... and to decide. What is our future, alongside the depravities of mankind, they asked? Is there a future of co-existence on Earth?
Seven millennia ago, the mist-heavy valleys of the Far East bore witness to a convergence unlike any other. Along the winding banks of the Great River, the emerald peaks of ancient China stood as silent sentinels over a
Beneath the canopy of stars, the six great tribes took their places. The mountain-dwelling Gorillas sat in stoic silence, their sheer size a testament to their strength. Opposite them, the Orangutans observed with ancien
Amidst the heavy-browed warriors and tribal elders, Trillium Ming moved with a calculated grace that unnerved the more aggressive factions. While others brought spears of flint and bone, the Chimpanzee sage carried scrol