They were just a primate species,

 in the last part of their existence individualism dominated,

 consumerism and selfishness went hand in hand,

all under the mask of capitalism and freedom,

 but now,

 now it's pretty empty around here.

It was obvious that this was going to happen,

 there were all the signs,

 but nobody expected it to happen so soon.

Now there are a few,

somewhere in bunkers,

 or retreating in the mountains.

It's hard to believe how it all happened overnight.

A few decisions in the wrong direction,

 and that's about it for the last species of people.

They said that the approximate capacity of the planet was somewhere around 10 billion humans,

 but the truth was that with agrarian evolution they had outgrown that number,

 it had become all artificial,

they were starting to tap into the resources of all the other species.

They thought they were above it all.

The truth is that they were never satisfied with what they had,

even if they had practically everything,

there was always a new concept,

 without which,

 by the standards of homosapiens society, you were not fulfilled.

It was all mass brainwashing, false reality.

There were many of them,

 spread all over the globe and each pulling in a different direction.

They had the planet covered with walls.

On streets once filled with noisy cars, now you can hear the wind.

The air is filled with the smoke and ash

 left behind by the fall of what they called civilisation.

 is choked with the regrets of the few people left,

 as they remember that they trusted those who promised them wealth and prosperity,

 but instead brought destruction and chaos.

But nature has begun to reclaim the territories

that were taken from her by force.

But still,

there is something beautiful about this post-apocalyptic world,

 despite the destruction,

a sense of indescribable peace has emerged.

The future may seem uncertain,

 but those left behind will not forget what was and what could have been.

In this apocalyptic world, consumerism is a distant memory.

Malls and shops, once home to countless products,

 are now ruins of what was once an integral part of human life.

There is no longer the concept of a need to buy new things.

Money has no value anymore, but it still makes its presence felt,

 as if a constant reminder of how pride and power can corrupt even the best intentions.

The remaining people have to face their fear of death,

 which has only increased in the face of such an uncertain future.

Humanity is now a shadow of the past, resources are sacred

, and they all have returned to a tribal way of life.

For the first time in many millennia, life really is tough for sapiens. 

But despite the present, there is still hope for a better tomorrow,

 what else is left for them?

Humans will have to learn from the past and adapt to the present,

 in order to build a better future for themselves and the planet.

 Their future depends on their ability to change and learn from their mistakes,

 their future depends on their ability to adapt to a harsher and more toxic environment

 And most importantly, they need to come together and help each other,

 because only together will they survive and stay alive.

Their future depends on how they adapt to change

 and use the knowledge and resources they have. 

They need to take responsibility,

 learn from the past and build on the present to ensure a better and brighter future.

Animals very similar to modern humans appeared about 2-3 million years ago. But for countless generations, they didn't stand out from the billions of other organisms they shared their habitat with.

They were born, they multiplied and they died, that was the simple point, wasn't it?

No one, least of all humans themselves, suspected that their offspring would walk on the moon, crack the atom and unravel the mystery of the genetic code.

Most of history has preferred to see themselves separated from animals, but they are members of primates, their closest living relatives being chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.

Their position in the food chain has, until very recently, been somewhere in the middle. It wasn't until about 200,000 years ago that they began to hunt larger animals on a regular basis, and it wasn't until about 100,000 years ago that humans suddenly reached the top of the food chain.

This leap has had its consequences, as animals at the top of the pyramid, such as lions and sharks, have gradually evolved to reach this position over millions of years.

This prevented them from causing too much damage to the ecosystem.  For example, as lions evolved, antelopes became faster and more agile.

And humans, better at communicating, attached more complex concepts to sounds, which helped them collaborate and organise more efficiently, so they suddenly catapulted to the top of the pyramid and the system didn't have time to adapt.

Even the people themselves are still full of fears and anxieties about their position. This makes them doubly evil and dangerous.

Many catastrophes and wars have their origins in this sudden leap

These anxieties are found in everyone, only they put other words over the feeling, instead of fear of lions hiding in the jungle, they now feel the same feeling when they are late for work and are afraid of what the boss will say to them, pathetic.

In the beginning they were hunter gatherers, THEY WERE ORGANIZED IN RELATIVELY SMALL GROUPS, they roamed the world, hunted and gathered what nature offered them, simple! Right?

Then, to their misfortune, they learned how plants work, how to propagate and domesticate them, so they started doing this on a large scale. This required sitting on a piece of land and working it.

Here began a vicious circle, to have more food, they planted more, to have more labour they multiplied, when they raised children, the food was not enough and so on. After a few generations there was no turning back, the children grew up taught that this was the only way. In other words, they domesticated the plants and the plants domesticated them. They lived to grow plants.

Plus farming didn't offer them the same diversified diet, this made them more prone to disease and if it was a drought year, the harvest wasn't enough to feed everyone, and people started to rob each other.

Indeed, life for the hunter gatherers was no simpler either, dangers were everywhere.

They started to settle down in a heap, they didn't have enough space so we spread out vertically.

Larger settlements were called towns.

They divided up their work, some did the farming, some did the garment making while others dictated everything.

As things evolved in this way, they became indispensably dependent on each other.

They no longer had to be good at everything like their ancestors, hunter-farmers, they had to know how to make fire, defend themselves, make clothing and tools. EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO SURVIVE.

 But they, they narrowed the range of what they had to do, and they could still survive. A shoemaker made shoes all day and didn't have to worry about how to harvest and process grain.

This helped them to devote more time to specific actions and thus developed their industries.Also, for most people, things became repetitive.

Fast forward a few thousand years, they still respect this system, of course, they have advanced in all possible areas, but the foundation has remained the same.

It is impossible to do the same thing over and over again and get a different result.

History has shown them where this system of organisation is taking us, and it continues to do so.

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We often forget that we are mere creatures on this planet and complicate our existence in an unnecessary way.

We think we are better than other animals but we are simply monkeys.

We have modified our planet to our liking and we are still not satisfied.

We've eradicated thousands of species and we still have no room.

We look for meaning and purpose in a future that does not exist and forget that we live in the present.