>>114894321. Avoid predation. A species can hardly evolve further if most of its members die due to being hunted.
2. Avoid self predation, i.e. the species must be peaceful enough to not kill itself with its technology
3. Avoid starvation. A malthusian catastrophe comes once peace is achieved.
4. Avoid disease. The species gets ravaged by disease once its population increases. Temporal measures like vaccines and antibiotics are inly a short term help, full natural imunity to disease must be achieved.
