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| Topic Started: Apr 16 2010, 09:35 AM (3,001 Views) | |
| irbaboon | Apr 16 2010, 09:35 AM Post #1 |
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If any primate were to out last mankind, I would tend to think it would be one of the baboon species. How would you see them evolving in the future if other primates were extinct and most of their main predators were as well? |
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| irbaboon | Apr 29 2010, 09:52 PM Post #46 |
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Do you think they would evolve to the point where their front limbs were vestigial (as predicted by Dougal Dixon in After man) or is that pretty unlikely? |
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| Black_Panther | Apr 29 2010, 10:42 PM Post #47 |
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I think it's kind of unlikely. I mean, even if they became predators fitted for high-speed chases, why would they end up getting T-Rex mini arms? But again, is the same dude who gave us Strigers and Night stalkers....as well as the *shudders* Gourmand from The New Dinosaurs. |
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| Canis Lupis | Apr 29 2010, 11:10 PM Post #48 |
Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.
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Unlikely. The baboon in "After Man" was theropodal, which is why its limbs were reduced. I don't see baboons as becoming theropodal. Only pangolins like I pointed out to Pando. Black_Panther: The chimp-like intelligence seems pretty plausible. Even relatively unintelligent creatures use tools in a sophisticated way. Look at hermit crabs. |
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| Black_Panther | Apr 30 2010, 02:26 PM Post #49 |
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Thanks for the info. I was thinking, how plausible would be for baboons to become entirely bipedal? Mostly because i plan on doing baboon-based creatures for a project, that are pretty much around the lines of Australopithecus. Goblins, i shall call them. |
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http://spidervenom022.deviantart.com Go in there for some odd stuff that could make you puke, and ask for some free sketches.
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| evo-dragon | Apr 30 2010, 07:56 PM Post #50 |
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oh, like my babunoids... baboons whit chimp intelligence, yeah, that will work |
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