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How likely would it be for species similar to those currently existing on earth to exist again? And mainly, at what point would a species be classified as "intelligent life"? (basically at what point would we consider them essentially 2nd generation humans) [/ QUOTE ] Depends on how strict you are with the term "similar to those currently existing on earth". With the same physical laws in place (weight in relation to wingspan and lift) you may get generally the same product (but of course now think of what variation that provides in natural application today even in the limitted example of birds). I dont think it would be surprising though that crossovers occur. You're talking about thousands of species with hundreds of biological niches. Hunting and locomotion restrictions (meaning restrictions in the sense of "stuff that works that allows an organism to avoid natural selection") would likely prevent the evolution of the Hutts on this planet. Three eyed Deer though... why not, if it provides a practical advantage in the sense of survival in that future world it would happen. As for intelligent life. Thats another front of evolution. In addition to stronger, faster, better camo, etc. Brain power is just another frontier. So in a couple billion years I dont think it would be a stretch to see a (relatively) fragile, slow, and poorly armed intelligent being that makes up for all of that by out thinking the opposition. What the line is for intelligent life... who knows that gets pretty deep (AI, etc). Communication and tool use seem to be good starting points though. |
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If at some point humans and other animals are all killed off due to nuclear war or natural disasters or whatever, but all the elements required to generate organic material and maybe even some simple organisms still existed, I assume that the process of evolution would start over? How likely would it be for species similar to those currently existing on earth to exist again? And mainly, at what point would a species be classified as "intelligent life"? (basically at what point would we consider them essentially 2nd generation humans) [/ QUOTE ] zero. no chance evolution would occur, even given the (incredibly ridiculous) grant of an already existing universe prim soup or whatever. zero. most of the evolution posters on this thread are poorly educated even on primitive evol theories (evidence is i know a lot more than them). but even if they were quasi smart, victor already tried to condemn me in mhslholdempacman, he is not even a good player though. funny. i was banned here for recriticizing lestat after he wrongly criticized me. most of you are psuedo intelligent. that is incredibly euphemistic though. most of you are 1800 at chess. fish |
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![]() [ QUOTE ] zero. no chance evolution would occur, even given the (incredibly ridiculous) grant of an already existing universe prim soup or whatever. zero. most of the evolution posters on this thread are poorly educated even on primitive evol theories (evidence is i know a lot more than them). but even if they were quasi smart, victor already tried to condemn me in mhslholdempacman, he is not even a good player though. funny. i was banned here for recriticizing lestat after he wrongly criticized me. most of you are psuedo intelligent. that is incredibly euphemistic though. most of you are 1800 at chess. fish [/ QUOTE ] It's possible that you know a lot more about evolutionary theory than the average atheist. However, an aquaintance of mine also knows more about the moon landing than almost everybody. He believes it didn't happen! He must be right! No. He's just a whacko. But at least I can give him credit for doing his homework. What about you? I've never been impressed by a single post you've made. But that's just a euphemism. What I mean to say is that you're a [censored] troll |
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but even if they were quasi smart, victor already tried to condemn me [/ QUOTE ] Does not compute. Even if you were quasi smart, purple monkeys don't fly at night. |
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most of the evolution posters on this thread are poorly educated even on primitive evol theories (evidence is i know a lot more than them). [/ QUOTE ] It's always a comfort to know we have a real expert to keep us in line. |
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I never know what to think of some people. Either they're laughing it up at home by annoying the internet, or they're retarded.
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I never know what to think of some people. Either they're laughing it up at home by annoying the internet, or they're retarded. [/ QUOTE ] Why can't they be both? |
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victor already tried to condemn me in mhslholdempacman, he is not even a good player though. funny. [/ QUOTE ] lol, talk to me when you can beat 5-10 let alone 30-60. youre not on my level and NEVER will be. |
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maybe even some simple organisms still existed [/ QUOTE ] This isn't a "maybe even." It's the core of the question. If we have bacteria, then evolution would probably be very likely to occur again. If there is no life at all, then personally I don't think it would happen (certainly not in a timely enough manner - the sun won't last forever). But there's no way to know for sure. We still don't fully understand the origins of life on Earth, and until we do speculation is all you'll get. |
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How likely would it be for species similar to those currently existing on earth to exist again? [/ QUOTE ] Depends what you mean by similar. There are plenty of examples of convergent evolution. Still mustn’t forget what ever caused the imminent mass extinctions might still be around and prompting evolution through new channels. I assume that we are starting again from whatever single celled life forms were able to survive. [ QUOTE ] And mainly, at what point would a species be classified as "intelligent life"? [/ QUOTE ] Pick you own definition, its really not that important; although the difference between intelligent and technological is significant. [ QUOTE ] (basically at what point would we consider them essentially 2nd generation humans) [/ QUOTE ] WTF is a 2nd generation human? A new intelligent spices being formed would be en example of convergent evolution. You seem to be using the word human as a synonym for intelligent in some really confusing way, so I don’t understand the question. |
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