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Start in a tropical or temperate climate with flat land. You’ll need easy access to water, food (bushes), and building materials (hay/branches). Immediate Priorities:

This period gave us unprecedented power, culminating in the potential to replace natural selection with "Intelligent Design" (AI, genetic engineering). Sapiens

Build enough Hay Beds for every tribe member immediately. Sleeping on the ground makes them unhappy and unproductive. Start in a tropical or temperate climate with flat land

Keep an eye on your tribe's "Happiness" and "Health" bars. If they are too cold or hungry, they will stop working. 000 years ago):

This allowed us to cooperate in large numbers (more than the ~150 natural limit for a tribe). The Agricultural Revolution (12,000 years ago):