You possibly came up with the dumbest possible take from reading this article.
Human technological growth in the last few hundred thousand years, for what any one can tell, has zero or nearly zero to do with race and more to do with location and situation.
I mean, evolution of oxygen producing bacteria lead to a great catastrophe that stained the rocks of the planet and brought a new form of life to earth in its wake. The difference between us and this bacteria is we can realize the mistakes that we're making and change our future. In the long run the planet will fry in the sun, so we need to fix our short term mistakes and start looking on longer horizons.
Human technological growth in the last few hundred thousand years, for what any one can tell, has zero or nearly zero to do with race and more to do with location and situation.