Most animals are content to live out their lives as they happen, letting their instincts guide them through whatever fate deals them.
Most animals change slowly over centuries - a process of gradual evolution.
Humankind is more impatient - constantly upheaving things in a state of revolution. Since prehistoric times people have decorated their bodies, adorning themselves with clothes, paints and jewellery which go beyond the practical into the ornamental. Irrefutable changes such as these are likely to affect the consciousness of those who undergo them. The physical realm affects and reflects the mental and spiritual realms. In modern western society there is a huge drive towards mass conformity.