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I thought it was mostly economic/organizational/circumstantial. "Maintain formation and keep the pointy bits foe-ward" predates pikes. Predates iron, for that matter. Cavalry always had to wait until formation was disrupted. 1/2
Yes-ish? Prior to the iron age, it is very hard to actually talk in much detail about tactics, especially infantry tactics. But we do see men with spears and shields in regular formations very early (Egypt in the first intermediate period at least)
Our first really good evidence for infantry tactics comes honestly with the Neo-Assyrian Empire - they're using matched pairs of spearmen and archers, presumably the former protecting the latter. They seem to be in regular, tight formation; hard to tell from artwork.
Oh, also on the list of evidence is of course the Stele of the Vultures in Mesopotamia, c. 2400 or so. Very early, shows infantry with large shields and spears in tight formation, marching under the orders of an officer.
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