I actually mean how we reached from trees and caves to stacker news? 

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At what point in our evolution as a species did we develop consciousness?

What do you define as self-awareness? [Dolphins](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/selfawareness-in-animals-and-humans/mirror-selfrecognition-in-bottlenose-dolphins-implications-for-comparative-investigations-of-highly-dissimilar-species/35DC60A78ECA53374FE445FA1BDA96A3), apes, [elephants](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189813) can recognize themselves in mirrors...

So, probably not a specific point in time, just something that gradually became more advanced in each of our ancestors.