Honestly I see it in actual historians too. Texts always have something along the lines of "yes, the [insert non-European civilization] had _, but only Europeans went far enough to _"

Shit like how ancient civilizations had invented calculus, calculated pi to several digits, observed the cosmos, etc. but it's only the ancient Greeks who contributed to history apparently. Seems unprofessional as hell. It's not that dissimilar to white supremacists who say " everyone practiced slavery, but only Europeans abolished it"

It's often linked to some geographic or cultural uniqueness of Europe, like how they didn't have famines or shit and so they were able to be creative about nature that wasn't chaotic and devastating.