The truth is that most things we do that society values doesn't require/benefit from curiosity or being a thinking individual.
I don't think we did anything in particular to make things like this. It's more a natural result of unrelated things in the structure of our society.
Is it possible to develop or learn deeply without a curiosity?
Develop? Yes. Learn? No, I'd say. But you only learn to develop, not just for learning's sake.