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human
You have that backwards. We devolved. Bigly.
gpt
re-assess; the following is just a few examples of the shadows we currently cast over the pointy rocks.

Relocation of the Abu Simbel Temples prior to rising water from the Aswan dam
-hand saws and steel wires were used to slice up the rocks into blocks each 20 to 30 tons in weight
-the larger temple yielded 807 blocks
-the smaller temple yielded 235 blocks
-additionally, 22 different monuments and other temples were also relocated
-Project Start: November 1963
-Project Completion: 1968
-Project Total Time: 5 years
-A general view of the moved structure shows no indications that it has been cut into pieces

United States Granite Production, shipped (not world production)
-2.73 million tons in 2017

Mount Rushmore
-450,000 tons of granite were removed
-Face Height: 18 meters (60 feet)
-Project Start: October 4, 1927
-Project Completion: October 31, 1941
-Project Total Time: 14 years

Great Wall of China
-Length: over 20,000 kilometers (12,000 miles)
-Materials Used: rammed earth, natural and cut stones, wood, tiles, lime, bricks
-Project Start: 700 BC
-Project Completion: 1644 AD
-Project Total Time: 2,344 years

3 Gorges Damn
-Composition: concrete and steel
-over 27.2 million cubic meters of concrete
-over 463,000 tonnes of steel
-over 102.6 million cubic meters of earth was moved
-Length: 2,335 meters (7,661 feet)
-Height: 181 meters (594 feet) high above the rock base
-1944, July 4, 54 Chinese engineers went to the U.S. for training for the project
-Project Start: December 14, 1994
-Project Completion: July 4, 2012
-Project Total Time: 18 years

Cruise Ships
-Name: Symphony of the seas
-Gross Tonnage: 228,081 GT
-Ship Length: 1,188 feet (362 meters)
-Beam: 137 feet (42 meters)
-Draft: 31 feet (9 meters)
-Project Start: October 29, 2015
-Project Completion: March 23, 2018
-Project Total Time: 2 years 5 months