Our actions enable us to sense a world open to human opportunity. What we discover becomes the scope of our combined activities. To start with humans through evolution prove they are equal and different to animals. During the prehistoric era herding of cattle first in Africa provides humans with the initial wherewithal to strengthen their material means of living.
The established scope of knowledge broadens from free nomadic exchange to include all the skills needed to live together in early settled communities. In pacific Indochina knowledge of the oceans, earth building, plants for agriculture and astronomy for guidance of human activity enable early cultures to flourish in larger groups. Now able through improved cooperation to handle their affairs effectively. The increased mass of active trade adds to human competences.
The African ancient Egyptian civilisation use minerals, precious stones, glass and metals to improve the quality of their lives. Myrrh and Frankincense expand human senses to the plant life of Africa. Valuable qualities of animals endurance and persistence are recognised in living with sacred birds and mammals. In astronomy, architecture and physical sciences a start is made to initiate human beings into effective civilisation living knowledgeably with planets, sun and stars.
With the renaissance in Europe comes the development of basic trades into skilful scientific practices. The grinding and polishing of lenses produce telescopes capable seeing in detail the rings of Saturn and moons of Jupiter. In the enlightenment this becomes a human quest to describe the motion of bodies in the night sky. Initial exploration needs full commitment to proceed with a fuller comprehension how energies of the whole universe function.