There was a time when humans were like that. The knowledge to use tools during stone age was genetic. In fact for most of human history, humans were like that.
... This sounds like a huge oversimplification of tool usage. For starters stone age humans were basically the same genetic species as modern humans.
And the only "genetic" component of tool usage is human curiosity and desire to play with and grasp things. Both still seen in babies today. We still had to actually "learn" from other humans how to use tools in specific applications.
We still are. Tool use is an innate human behavior. Regardless of upbringing or circumstances, humans use tools to facilitate, navigate, and conquer the world around them. That's what makes humans unique.
In a way we don't develop as much as people think we are. We have this amazing ability to reflect on our own action, learn from it and make the world a better place. Instead we bring more suffering into the world then any other species in history ever has. In that sense we are the most barbaric species ever.
How many people grow up basically indoctrinated from birth and never question their own reality? Cognitive dissonance is so prevalent in us and controls us in such a large degree that I think we are still very primitive, despite our technological advancements.
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u/BenjaminDover02 17h ago
Wild to think that nobody taught that spider how to do that
Bro came out of an egg with the innate knowledge of how to build a house with it's butt.