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| Without Man; The Alternative Zoology of the Future | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 5 2008, 11:24 AM (5,120 Views) | |
| Reedstilt | Aug 5 2008, 11:24 AM Post #1 |
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This is a project I've been considering for a while, but haven't really started up yet. Figured it might be interesting to collaborates with some other speculative biologists on this one. The premise is humans never evolved. Turning the dial back to Australopithecus, we replay the last four million years and project a bit into the future as well (not sure how far yet; we can collectively decide on that.) Australopithecus can give rise to other genera, but Intelligence of our caliber never evolves, at least not right way. Our end game might be the advent of a different intelligent lifeform on earth. The main point of the project is to imagine an alternative world where the changes humans have caused to the environment and the extinctions exacerbated by human activity never happened, and project that world into the future. So who wants to play? |
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| ATEK Azul | Oct 11 2008, 01:05 PM Post #46 |
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i like this topic and i think that diversifacation of thylacines would be awsome and i wonder if cheetah like forms could emerge. |
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| pantheraleo3 | Oct 12 2008, 06:55 PM Post #47 |
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I'm illegal in 17 states!
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That gives me the idea of werewolves. Australopithecus could evolve into a carnivorous, great ape with a face strongly similar to that of wolves. The rise of werewolves!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| ATEK Azul | Oct 13 2008, 02:09 PM Post #48 |
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awsome you should keep that for a special world. |
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| Sliver Slave | Oct 13 2008, 02:19 PM Post #49 |
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I'm going back to basics.
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| pantheraleo3 | Oct 14 2008, 09:02 PM Post #50 |
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I'm illegal in 17 states!
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lol guess someone had the same idea before me |
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| Sliver Slave | Nov 6 2008, 09:37 PM Post #51 |
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I'm going back to basics.
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Africa would still have atlas bears. |
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| Canis Lupis | Nov 6 2008, 10:08 PM Post #52 |
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Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth.
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Africa had bears? |
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| Sliver Slave | Nov 6 2008, 10:49 PM Post #53 |
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Yes, it had the atlas bears, the only bears native to africa. |
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| Yorick | Nov 6 2008, 11:31 PM Post #54 |
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I thought it was called the Morrocan Bear. |
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"I believe, that whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you...stranger" -The Dark Knight (2008) | |
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| Sliver Slave | Nov 7 2008, 02:01 PM Post #55 |
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Might have been another name, since it did live in morocco. |
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| Black_Panther | Nov 7 2008, 10:45 PM Post #56 |
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Australopithecines... Well, perhaps they could split into several species? The predatory 'werewolf' (Lycaenopithecus?) and perhaps, a herbivorous species...maybe an analogue for the Gorilla in the african Savannah. 'Werewolves' could be seeing competition from baboons (was Dinopithecus still around?), leopards, hyenas and lions; while living in the savannah...how would they fight against them? |
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| Sliver Slave | Nov 7 2008, 10:51 PM Post #57 |
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http://www.archaeologyinfo.com/australopithecusrobustus.htm Looks like nature beat you to it. Although I think that Robustus is now placed in Paranthropus. |
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| Black_Panther | Nov 8 2008, 12:26 AM Post #58 |
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Oh, i guess nature owned me again. But, what if this species developed further? |
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| SIngemeister | Dec 7 2008, 06:40 AM Post #59 |
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Hive Tyrant of the Essee Swarm
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Hang on...we'd still have megalania! Well, if we go with humans and fire wiping them out. |
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My Deviantart RRRAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!!!! | |
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| Nevermore | Dec 14 2008, 06:38 AM Post #60 |
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if there's 'werewolves', i'd be interested to see hominids evolve into bulky, perhaps bear-like 'bigfoot' type creatures. it might also be interesting if some of the larger insectivore bats got bigger and fed on small birds. exactly how far into the future are we going? it'd be interesting to not just say what might survive and specialise in small ways, but go all out, for example an arboreal jungle cat adapting for life solely in the trees (perhaps more monkey-like) or sea-serpents born from crocodile ancestors. i'd love to see those gliding frogs becoming flying species, it'd have to be somewhere with plenty of water though. |
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