Human evolutionary history

In human evolutionary history, what was the most significant change to our genotype, compared to other apes?

However, it was found that during evolution in the human cerebral cortex there were more transcriptional changes than in the chimpanzee [109]. Among them, the prevailed difference was increased transcriptional activity

The first apes evolved about 25 million years ago and by 20 million years ago were a very diverse group. Within the last 10 million years, however, many ape species became extinct as the earth’s climate cooled and dried and their forested environments changed to woodland and grassland.