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At any given time, you're probably happiest on the main branches of an evolutionary tree. Even when there were still plenty of Neanderthals, it must have sucked to be one. The Cro-Magnons would have been constantly coming over and beating you up and stealing your food.

I think you might want a little more justification. This principle implies you would be happier as a rodent like thing then a dinosaur. It might be true, but it is not self evident.




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