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So it's been something like 7 million years since humans and chimps parted ways (probably as a result of a chromosomal fusion event that might be difficult to replicate!). Let's assume we can use artificial selection, fast generation times, and targeted germ line mutations to speed that process up, what sort of efficiency could we get? 10x? Someone put me on ice so I can see the dawn of the First Bonobo Suzerain of 702023.
Urban raccoons have gotten measurably better and solving puzzles in just the last few decades, I'm told.
Evolution can happen real fast sometimes.
The challenge, I think, lies in jumping the gap between simple intelligence and tool use to the sorts of things that civilization is built on - language, social coordination on large spatiotemporal scales, and a little je ne sais quois. Stuff that's hard to replicate in small populations and artificial conditions.
social coordination on large spatiotemporal scales
Liberal part of humanity still is not on that level, nor they even want to be.