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| Topic Started: Dec 23 2015, 04:28 AM (6,495 Views) | |
| El Dorito | Dec 23 2015, 04:28 AM Post #1 |
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All pictures will be able to be found here: el-d0rito.deviantart.com Most future evolution projects take place in the more distant future, over 5 million years away. But life can evolve and change over much shorter timescales. This especially applies after extinction events. Only a few hundred thousand years after the K-Pg extinction, Palaeocene mammals had already become larger than any known Mesozoic mammal. Today, a similar, though as yet less severe extinction event is taking place. Already most of the megafauna that existed for the past several million years have gone extinct, leaving niches open. The only things keeping them open are human activities and time. But history and common sense tell us that at some point in the next thousand years our planetary civilisation will probably collapse, largely eliminating the main factor stopping life carrying on. Fast forward 1 million years, and the 'wild' is again the normal state of the earth. The oceans have risen some 80 metres due to human induced climate change, for the same reason most of the worlds ice is gone too. Several super volcanoes have erupted, and the last remnants of the modern 'concrete jungle' have crumbled. Humans are rare, and are considerably different to 21st century people. They are no longer a significant force effecting the earth. Some groups of animals are identical to those we are familiar with, some are similar but obviously different, and a few are unlike anything found in the modern era. This is the world in 1 million years AD. Edited by El Dorito, Jan 5 2016, 08:55 PM.
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| El Dorito | Jan 30 2016, 10:21 PM Post #166 |
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To be honest I see a lot of surprising animals going extinct, like canids and a lot of rodents. If I was to make a complete list it would take forever, but here is something. These things survive: Small mammals of many groups, including small carnivorans, rodents, socoriomorphs (however you spell it - shrews and stuff), Several kinds of large birds, including emus, hawks, falcons, some penguins, storks etc Lots of reptiles, including crocodiles (both terrestrial/semi aquatic and marine species), snakes (which become very diverse), and monitor lizards (which become major players alongside mammals in several environments). Pinnipeds, which as you know evolve into the next 'whales'. |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Jan 31 2016, 08:46 AM Post #167 |
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Well I imagine a few canids would still survive. Coyotes are successful and widespread canines in North America and are even spreading down to South America, in fact in a future Earth they could replace and become convergently similar to Gray Wolves (their close cousins), while Red Foxes are adaptable in most temperate biomes in NA, Europe, parts of Asia and even thriving in Australia as an alien species. Not to mention some breeds of dogs (like collies for one) are capable of becoming feral and adapting to a natural lifestyle. I think at least those three would do well. |
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| Beetleboy | Jan 31 2016, 11:16 AM Post #168 |
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| El Dorito | Jan 31 2016, 07:49 PM Post #169 |
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Canids are specialised. They are designed for running/ they have long legs, and are thus stuck as they are, or are going to become bigger and eventually go extinct like every big animal will. Amphicyonids started off in a similar position, but were restricted to becoming bigger by competition with the ancestors of modern canids, and in the future the same sort of thing will probably happen to canids themselves, and then something else will take over. I'm still going to get a lot of people arguing about this, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Discussion is productive. ( also for anyone who was on the wiki team at one point, this has nothing to do with the extreme overuse of canids in one said project) |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Jan 31 2016, 08:15 PM Post #170 |
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Well canids could at least survive for several millions of years in the future. I mean yeah they could be outcompeted by other animals that may also be specialised for running but that could be in 10, 20 or even 50 millions of years time. Plus what if some canines take up new forms? Bush dogs in South America have partial adaptations for swimming so if they survived they could be canine otters of sorts. I agree that canids will probably be replaced by something else that is better but there's still oppourtunities for them to take in the future |
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| El Dorito | Feb 1 2016, 01:53 AM Post #171 |
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Really the majority of animals alive today would be extinct or evolved into something else. I'm probably going to give modern animals about 30 million years at most. Beyond that everything is new (I don't care if modern classification methods say everything is the same as what it evolved from, if you go by that then there is no real evolution, only diversity in existing groups). I've also decided to just put things out when I think about them, no more orders. The only thing kept consistent will be the time period. Next thing will probably be either a more detailed description on the previously mentioned skarks, or on another group of marine reptiles descended from sea snakes called snikes. More on that later today or tomorrow. |
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| El Dorito | Feb 1 2016, 01:59 AM Post #172 |
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Correction: Modern MAMMALS would probably last about 30 million years into the future. A lot of modern reptiles would probably be around for a long time after that. Birds I'm not sure. |
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| El Dorito | Feb 1 2016, 11:44 PM Post #173 |
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Snikes Picture: coming soon In 10 million years time, the sea snakes have continued to evolve. In time they became less like conventional snakes and more like reptilian barracudas, becoming the snikes, all in the single genus Serpenesox. With a long rigid shape, and a forked tail. The teeth are also different, with a more uniform shape that is designed to cut flesh more than grip. Due to this, many species lack venom, though a number of species, particularly smaller species, are venomous. Unlike the endothermic skarks, which they coexist with in many areas, snikes are cold blooded, and thus are restricted to the equatorial Indo-Pacific ocean. Many species exist on tropical reefs. As their name suggests, most species are ecologically similar to barracudas and other modern day ambushing fish, and as such are generally between 0.5 and 2 metres long. However the species Serpenesox xiphodon is a real monster, able to grow to 4 metres long, being ecologically more like sharks than anything else. At this size it is reasonable to consider it an apex predator, however in open water it is potential prey for several larger predators. Edited by El Dorito, Feb 1 2016, 11:47 PM.
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Feb 2 2016, 05:59 AM Post #174 |
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Looks pretty good aye |
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| El Dorito | Feb 3 2016, 11:47 PM Post #175 |
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Question: what kinds of marsupials would have any chance of surviving more than 10 million years into the future? Around this time is when the first land bridge firms between Australia and South East Asia so I'm wondering what other people think about it. |
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| Victorbrine | Feb 4 2016, 06:08 AM Post #176 |
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I think it would be... well... kangaroos and wallabies. Koala might lose all of their habitat if we continue to destroy them. If not then Koalas would also survive. Eventually they can march into Indonesia and so on. |
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| El Dorito | Feb 5 2016, 12:03 AM Post #177 |
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Well I suppose that given what has already happened in Australia the things that aren't extinct now will probably be fine in the long run. South American marsupials would probably be fine. |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Feb 5 2016, 03:37 AM Post #178 |
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Opossums would probably be fine by then |
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| El Dorito | Feb 5 2016, 05:46 AM Post #179 |
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I guess il post that idea I had of carnivorous rodents tomorrow. Then maybe an idea for a herbivorous mammal group, because almost everything I've made so far is carnivorous. My idea is that they would be descended from some sort of modern smallish herbivore, like hyraxes or small ungulates. I guess that hyraxes could be a viable replacement for rhinos, or at least tapirs if rhinos are too big. Thoughts would be appreciated, as would more ideas. I'm trying to move away from reptiles temporarily. |
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| CaledonianWarrior96 | Feb 5 2016, 08:46 AM Post #180 |
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Hyraxes could evolve into a range of different forms, and given enough time could evolve into something the size of a rhino (may take a few tens of millions of years but it could happen) |
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