| Speculative biology is simultaneously a science and form of art in which one speculates on the possibilities of life and evolution. What could the world look like if dinosaurs had never gone extinct? What could alien lifeforms look like? What kinds of plants and animals might exist in the far future? These questions and more are tackled by speculative biologists, and the Speculative Evolution welcomes all relevant ideas, inquiries, and world-building projects alike. With a member base comprising users from across the world, our community is the largest and longest-running place of gathering for speculative biologists on the web. While unregistered users are able to browse the forum on a basic level, registering an account provides additional forum access not visible to guests as well as the ability to join in discussions and contribute yourself! Registration is free and instantaneous. Join our community today! |
- Pages:
- 1
- 2
| Palkira; Another Lost Island remake project: Alternate Mesozoic Critter experiment ground | |
|---|---|
| Topic Started: Nov 25 2010, 11:09 AM (1,283 Views) | |
| Cephylus | Nov 25 2010, 11:09 AM Post #1 |
|
Torando of Terror
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
This is a mini-project about a hypothetical island which is a lost island randomly located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The island chain of Palkira is a strange landmass located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, someplace Southwest of Hawaii. It is a relict from the past which lies deep in the middle of the ocean untouched by modern civilization. A tropical/subtropical island chain, it is a rather large landmass for an island, slightly larger than the size of all the New Zealand islands put together; almost a subcontinent. Palkira consists of one large island (takes up about 80% of the entire landmass) and a few small offshore islands closely attached to the main island. Palkira is an old island chain, first isolated from mainland during the late Cretaceous in the Maastrichtian, split off from the prehistoric supercontinent Laurasia. When the K-T event struck the entire world, Palkira was affected as well; the intense volcanic activity from the Deccan Traps and all the ecological tumults caused by the Chicxulub asteroid itself badly effected the island, its ecosystems falling. However, due to the heat from geothermal activities Palkira managed to keep many of its Mesozoic fauna and flora. During the Cenezoic, the island faced various changes, such as killoffs from oceanic volcanic activity, the Eocene-Oligocene maximum thermal event and the invasion of immigrant fauna and flora from the mainland (when the island moved close to New Guinea, animals such as rodents, saltwater crocodiles, mekosuchines and monitor lizards immigrated into the islands, and when the island moved closer to South America a land bridge formed, causing an inflow of native American fauna such as xenarthrans and notoungulates). The biggest ecological impact that the island received was the arrival of human relatives. Humanoid sophonts closely related to the Flores hobbits set their foot on the islands, quickly building a colony and establishing a civilization with several cultures ranging from tribal societies relying heavily on hunting to support themselves to an advanced culture the combination between Mesoamerican and early Indian cultures with their own complex religious belief systems (actually, there were two settlement attempts but the first one failed due to tribal wars, diseases, natural disasters and food shortages killed off the first settlers). The human arrival killed off a lot of megafauna in the island chain as expected (humans brought some of the mainland megafauna as well, such as domesticated pygmy stegodonts), but still a lot of megafauna managed to slip through, as the impact of humanity wasn't as serious as other places on Earth for some reason, allowing the islands to keep unique animals and plants found nowhere else on Earth. so, what do you think? I will do niche map shortly after if I get time. |
|
Spoiler: click to toggle
| |
![]() |
|
| Replies: | |
|---|---|
| Spugpow | Nov 28 2010, 03:49 AM Post #16 |
![]()
Prime Specimen
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Fragment? |
| My deviantart page: http://amnioticoef.deviantart.com/ | |
![]() |
|
| Cephylus | Nov 28 2010, 05:06 AM Post #17 |
|
Torando of Terror
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
Fragment was pre-cambrian island? it's quite some time since I last read the book |
|
Spoiler: click to toggle
| |
![]() |
|
| Ook | Nov 28 2010, 05:08 AM Post #18 |
|
not a Transhuman
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
|
i wasnt serious when i wrote it |
![]() ![]() ![]()
| |
![]() |
|
| 1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous) | |
| « Previous Topic · Alternative Evolution · Next Topic » |
- Pages:
- 1
- 2












1:50 PM Jul 11