The Birth To Death Cycle of Murderous Monkeys

Ever since I was a boy I’ve been coming across theories to the effect that humankind finds itself at the end of a cycle that starts with the development of rudimentary technology, then radio (speed of light) communications, followed by nuclear weapons, a few decades of exploration that fails to locate any alien civilizations, followed by nuclear annihilation.

The author of the meme here represents this with great cleverness and irony.