had a brain to control movement such that it can eat other lifeforms better, then became social so it could hunt better, then created technology, then used technology to advance technology to such a degree that it could travel through space.
I used throw honky nuts at children and the fat midget entered the far end of the aisle - continuing their peculiar dialogue: "EEEEEEEEEEEE" "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" "EEEEEE" I realised the midget was probably just a yam