How does gravity's warping of spacetime appear first among the forces?

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Gravity is established as the first fundamental interaction to appear in the universe, according to the Wikipedia article on the chronology of the universe. However, this assertion is based on speculation regarding high-energy conditions where gravity may unify with Standard Model interactions. The discussion highlights that during these early moments, the classical model of spacetime may not have applied, necessitating a quantum gravity theory to accurately describe the interactions at such high energies.

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Gravity is first among the major fundamental interactions in our very early universe, but how? Gravity is a curvature of spacetime instead of an interaction.
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syfry said:
The Wikipedia section below says that gravity is the earliest to appear out of the fundamental interactions
This is not something we actually know; it's based on the common speculation that, at high enough energies, gravity is unified with the Standard Model interactions. Note that the article says "currently established laws of physics may not have applied" during this period.

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wasn't high energy in every area already curving its local spacetime surroundings?
One of the implications of the speculation described above is that at these high energies, our classical model of spacetime breaks down and we need a quantum gravity theory (which would look like a quantum theory of the unified single interaction at these energies).
 
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