Hi all, im a new member with a question that i hope i can articulate properly.
My understanding is that animal operate off instinct,reflex and response to their surroundings. Humans are aware of their own existance and can rationally think before making a decision.
My question is that as we humans evolved from Apes, Approximately when along the evolutionary timetable would they have become self aware? would it have been a slow transition or a sudden event?
Would consciousness have been the biggest milestone on throughout our evolution or would out ancestors have been able to use tools etc without being aware of themselves?
Thanks for any input
Niall