What about the roly poly bug?
They used the “wheel” before any human.
I can roll into a ball and then roll around on the floor. Like a champ.
That would make me a floor-rolling clown, however, not an advanced species.
When one of your precious rolly Pollys masters mechanical flight and Chuck Yeager’s the sound barrier, then get back to me. Howboutit.
We are utterly alone in the universe.
:) :)