nostalgiaforinfinity
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posted on 10/12/2004 at 09:43 AM |
hell, in evolution anything's possible, given the right environments and
materials. Look at giraffes, Wouldn't have seen that one coming.
Thinking about it i was wonderng how birds could have evolved... Why did
their DNA suddenly decide it was necessary for them to fly to survive? And
think how shitty the intermediate stages must have been... They'd have
stubby feathery limbs, no use as arms and equally useless for aerial
exploits. Must've been tough times.
By the by, many geologists/palaeontologists think punctuated equilibrium is
just an illusion caused by gaps in the fossil record. Maybe with some
erosional overprinting just to confuse matters. Like pseudo extinctions and
lazarus taxa. Phyletic gradualism is the model preached by most men of the
rock. We like our lines to be straight, thank you very much.
[Edited on 10/12/2004 by nostalgiaforinfinity] ____________________
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MystryssRavynDarque
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posted on 10/12/2004 at 09:10 AM |
We are how we are and we evolved into what we are because of our
environments and lifestyles. I do not find a need for change in anything,
nor do I think it possible.
As for the fluid filled bladders instead of bones, I have to agree with
Mono. How the fuck do you move, and a busted bladder of fluid in the body
is not a good thing. Heck of bruising eh? ____________________ "People always say what we are looking for is a meaning for life…I don't
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Monolycus
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posted on 9/12/2004 at 09:56 PM |
The character was Kif from the television show Futurama . If you
fluid-filled bladders in lieu of bones, you would have decreased mobility
and rather than looking at six weeks in a cast, any decent knock could
cause fatal internal hemorrhaging.
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pale-face
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posted on 9/12/2004 at 08:50 PM |
If there were to be an evolution I would like to see happen in humans today
would be to have, instead of bones, a series of fluid filled bladders. No
more broken bones! i think i got that idea from a tv show... o well. i
still like it. ____________________ fucking classy. |
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Monolycus
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posted on 8/12/2004 at 10:48 PM |
quote: ...Which leads me to
wonder where in evolution (step forward or backward) the idea of a cloaca
actually is.
Your question is still linear and deterministic. Nothing in nature is
"forward" or "backward"... it just is .
~M. ____________________ "I believe that woman is planning to shoot me again." |
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Starlight
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posted on 8/12/2004 at 09:06 PM |
While, initially, the idea of brightly-coloured genitalia on men sounds
like a kitschy idea, I think I'd probably do one of two things:
(1) Breed men like bettas for pretty and exotic genital colour
or
(2) Grow really bored with all the bright blues, greens, and pinks as I
wish for their penises to blend in better with the rest of the skin tones
on their bodies.
On the subject of humans becoming like chickens and having a cloaca, it
unfortunately already happens on rare occasions to humans.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/byname/cloacal-malformations.htm
Which leads me to wonder where in evolution (step forward or backward) the
idea of a cloaca actually is. ____________________ "When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never
tried before." ~Mae West
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pale-face
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posted on 8/12/2004 at 07:08 PM |
quote: maybe with a retractable
shell or something.
*busts a gut laughing* now THAT was funny. Although it could be quite
useful.
[Edited on 29/5/2005 by pale-face] ____________________ fucking classy. |
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Monolycus
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posted on 8/12/2004 at 03:27 PM |
I don't believe in evolutionary determinism (the idea that you described in
which "rewinding" an organism would eventually and inevitably lead to the
same developments in their progeny). I suscribe to the theory of
punctuated equilibrium as described by Gould and others. This being so, if
I wanted to see an evolutional development, I would simply subject the
organism and its progeny to conditions in which the desired trait is a
selective advantage. Or I'd just breed for it the way they do with dogs
and suchlike. Unfortunately, as neat as many cosmetic changes might seem,
they often come with a lot of genetic baggage and once the novelty wears
off, you end up with an organism with hips that tend to go out or a
malocclusion that condemns your organism to a life of eating nothing but
porridge and sticky buns.
Since you brought up chickens and genitalia in the same breath, why don't
you just opt for a cloaca? Takes care of your vulnerability problem, but
makes the handing out of appropriately coloured cigars at birth a bit of a
head scratcher. "Congratulations... it's a... baby... thing."
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nostalgiaforinfinity
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posted on 8/12/2004 at 11:37 AM |
Like male genitalia... I was thinking that they should be more colourful.
And should definately be in a less vulnerable position, maybe with a
retractable shell or something. ____________________
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bettie_x
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posted on 8/12/2004 at 11:06 AM |
what exactly does the last chicken on the shelf look like? ____________________ Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. |
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