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what if
Topic Started: Oct 6 2010, 10:08 PM (477 Views)
Owl Streak
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what if people evolved back into creatures?
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It might be difficult though. Humans have become pretty reliant on tool using. Without tools, humans are pretty fragile animals. With no ways to build shelter or tools, humans are pretty limited on where they can live successfully.
Edited by Toad of Spades, Oct 6 2010, 10:19 PM.
Sorry Link, I don't give credit. Come back when you're a little...MMMMMM...Richer.

Bread is an animal and humans are %90 aluminum.
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I'm pretty sure a mineral like a person is able to make a transition back into a creature.

But no really, I doubt that humans would revert back to using purely what their bodies provide them to get food stuffs, even if we reverted back to the level of intelligence of an ape we'd still be using tools...
Edited by colddigger, Oct 6 2010, 10:32 PM.
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We are creatures. We are animals. We are organisms. So we can't "revert" back.

As Toad of Spades said, we are fragile and can't. Tools are our only defense.
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what if we could still use tools?
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Even three year olds can use tools. As long as our races lives, we will use tools. Even if we are reduced to a bunch of babbling idiots.
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If we still use tools, we'll still be human.
What you're suggesting is what if humanity reverted to an animal-like intelligence, which will definitely not happen anytime soon.
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We already have an animal-like inteligence. It's because we ARE animals.
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We're just classy is all.
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Most animals don't rely on reason and abstractions as much as we do.
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Oct 7 2010, 09:53 PM
We're just classy is all.
*picks nose* What do *belch* you mean classy? *farts*

And PR, we evolved to rely on those things because other animals weren't taking that spot. The only animals that come close are birds of prey, sharks, whales, octopi, and corvids.
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Compared to shit slinging apes you're very classy.
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*flings a pile of shit at Sliver's back* I'm sorry what? I thought we were apes.
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