anthropology less than 101

a presentation to dear professor, Dr. Nadine Constantinople,

in the form of a question:

let's consider the first human being who had a thought

beyond the confines of instinct; the first, because

the initial ability to reason is not an immediate herd sort of thing.

before the millisecond it took for others to catch on,

there had to be... the first. 

where would he or she have lived? well,

Africa comes to mind, not Sweden as you've proposed, Nadine, 

in a time without drawn borders, and I say that because

it stands to reason that if borders were drawn consciously

and used to separate one's self from the unknown others,–– 

a lake, or stream, or hillside, (natural) or snapped sticks

pressed into soil to form a perimeter, (reasoned) those would be

defined as acts of thought beyond the confines of instinct.

I bet it was a woman.

but for this writing, I’m referring to "one's self " 

as a man,–– as in mankind, but a man, a creature

with more upper body strength than, you know,

the standard female of that era, and I say: “of that era”

because I'm familiar with a number of women of this era

who could easily, and would gladly, kick the shit outta me.

anyway, Nadine, back to this.."guy"––  this.. "One's self" who meets

all the criteria;–– has weight, occupies space, is capable of reason,

but doesn’t quite know what to make of it.

so this particular prehistoric "One's self"

decides to enlighten the dwellers within his locality

of this new-found wisdom, and as he does,

somewhere during the middle passages in the oral defense

of his dissertation on "thought beyond the confines of instinct,"

the community of fellow dwellers kill him with hand-held stones.

so my question, dear Nadine, is...

in your opinion, how much longer will it take for another guy,

like the above noted "One's self"–– to show-up?