Our higher consciousness is a result of our relatively massive brains.
Worms have tiny brains so their consciousness is minimal.
We don't evolve this in our single lifetime, our higher consciousness has developed over millions of years. Survival of the fittest for hominds (our evolutionary ancestors) promoted those with bigger brains, they reproduce more thus brains get bigger and allow the owner of that brain a higher consciousness.
Example - I have a pet sheepdog. He has never worked on a farm yet when he sees smaller animals he tries to herd them. His brain is pre-programmed to do this, just as ours are pre-programmed with higher consciousness as a result of millions of years of developing intellect passed on in the DNA code.
Worms have tiny brains so their consciousness is minimal.
We don't evolve this in our single lifetime, our higher consciousness has developed over millions of years. Survival of the fittest for hominds (our evolutionary ancestors) promoted those with bigger brains, they reproduce more thus brains get bigger and allow the owner of that brain a higher consciousness.
Example - I have a pet sheepdog. He has never worked on a farm yet when he sees smaller animals he tries to herd them. His brain is pre-programmed to do this, just as ours are pre-programmed with higher consciousness as a result of millions of years of developing intellect passed on in the DNA code.