Thus, as brains became bigger, and Homo Erectus' Intelligence increased, so too would his "proto-Psychic" capacities...
along w/ the risk of "telegraphing" (to wit, "Telepathing" ??) his presence to the alleged Psychically-aware "Telepathic Predator" alien species.
Chimpanzees use stone tools, and fashion sharpened spears. Chimps & Humans diverged, evolutionarily, about 6 million years ago*.
This strongly suggests, that the Last Common Ancestor (LCA) of Chimps & Humans made & used stone tools & spears, before about 6 million years ago*. So, if tool manufacture -- the intentional alteration of natural elements (stone, wood) for use as tools -- could be considered a "Consciousness Trigger", then Extra-Terrestrial Telepathy could have detected the incipient intelligence, of that LCA, before about 6 million years ago. Note that the conscious intent, to manufacture tools, is surely a specific (and advanced) state of Consciousness which could, therefore, qualify as a "Consciousness Trigger". It may also be relevant, that that LCA likely had a matriarchal culture, along the lines of the modern Bonobos**.
* One of the earliest tool-types made by the LCA was likely the spear -- to wit, a weapon (see following footnote). To suggest some sort of scenario, perhaps that primitive proto-Hominin sought some stick, to scratch some itch, but poked itself in the process, prompting the comprehension, that (sharpened) sticks worked well as "pokers" [cf. Chimpanzees poke at Bush Babies w/ sharpened spears].
** PBS NOVA -- The Last Great Ape (TV); cf. Discovery Channel Discovering Ardi (DVD). If you provisionally accept the reality of ET-Telepathy, you could interpret the same, as an attempt, on the part of the aliens, to "remold" Mankind, into a kind of "tool", to suit their own particular purposes. Moreover, that the LCA likely fashioned the first spears -- to wit, weapons -- to appear upon this planet, paints the ET-Telepathic-Warfare as a "rapid reaction pre-emptive response", to crack down, on the incipient weaponization & militarization, of a rival species.
Edited by Widdekind, 06 January 2010 - 10:47 PM.