Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
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!

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Ark creationist exhibition
Topic Started: Jul 10 2016, 06:03 AM (1,830 Views)
Ivan_The_Inedible
Member Avatar
There are some who call me... Spencer.
 *  *  *  *  *  *
Dragon
Jul 11 2016, 04:43 PM
I suspect a lot of the flood myths ultimately come from the sea level rising at the end of the last ice age.
I'm not sure about all of them, though from what I've heard the specific origins of the Noahic flood was basically a localized flood around 3100BC near the city of Shuruppak.
The floodwaters would have been around the height of the average tree(some of the largest natural structures in the region) back then, so it wouldn't be hard to imagine the survivors thinking it to be a huge flood that wiped out the whole region; eventually this could culminate into the world-covering flood we see with Noah.
Quotes are a thing
Who will know?

My Projects
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
LittleLazyLass
Member Avatar
Proud quilt in a bag

Yeah, to my knowledge it was a flood in ancient Mesopotamia that was exaggerated by word of mouth over the years, and became more mythology than reality. It, like several other mesopotamian stories, made it to Abrahamic religions and by that point you have a worldwide flood. As for Noah himself, I don't know where he was supposed to have come into the sotyr.
totally not British, b-baka!
Posted Image You like me (Unlike)
I don't even really like this song that much but the title is pretty relatable sometimes, I guess.
Me
What, you want me to tell you what these mean?
Read First
Words Maybe
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Carlos
Member Avatar
Adveho in me Lucifero
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
Flood myths are universal and probably spawned by a variety of different events, so forgive me if I don't put much stock in an "original flood myth".
Lemuria:
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/topic/5724950/

Terra Alternativa:
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/forum/460637/

My Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/Carliro

Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
LittleLazyLass
Member Avatar
Proud quilt in a bag

I never said all flood myths, I said the Abrahamic and Mesopotamian ones are thought to have come from this real event.
totally not British, b-baka!
Posted Image You like me (Unlike)
I don't even really like this song that much but the title is pretty relatable sometimes, I guess.
Me
What, you want me to tell you what these mean?
Read First
Words Maybe
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Kamidio
Member Avatar
The Game Master of the SSU:NC
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
Also, flood myths aren't universal, they're global. We haven't met any aliens to confirm if they're universal or not.
SSU:NC - Finding a new home.
Posted Image
Quotes
WAA
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Dragon
Member Avatar
/r/GamingCirclejerk is the best subreddit, don't @ me
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
If aliens live on planets that are anything like earth (ie, they have large amounts of liquid water), I wouldn't be shocked if other species had flood myths as well (assuming they even have legends and mythology in the first place).
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life," John 3:16

A neat pixel animation of a future cowboy


trex841
 
Hey, their right to get freaky ends when it goes up my nose.


I think this describes what dinosaurs are like now

Click for something good. Click this too.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Archipithecus
Member Avatar
Ruling Ape
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *
Now that's some interesting spec ideas. I've been working on some semiaquatic sophonts, and I wonder if they would have a flood myth, and if so, what would it be like.
Theodosius Dobzhansky
 
Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.

My tumblr
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Ivan_The_Inedible
Member Avatar
There are some who call me... Spencer.
 *  *  *  *  *  *
I'd say it would probably have something to do with either a creation story or something similar to the Noahic flood; explaining why they look and live the way they do.
Quotes are a thing
Who will know?

My Projects
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Rodlox
Superhuman
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
Archipithecus
Jul 11 2016, 10:35 PM
Now that's some interesting spec ideas. I've been working on some semiaquatic sophonts, and I wonder if they would have a flood myth, and if so, what would it be like.
even lungfish can drown...can your sophonts? that'd probably be the key question in regards to a flood myth.
.---------------------------------------------.
Parts of the Cluster Worlds:
"Marsupialless Australia" (what-if) & "Out on a Branch" (future evolution) & "The Earth under a still sun" (WIP)
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Flisch
Member Avatar
Superhuman
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
Monster
Jul 11 2016, 03:36 PM
Of course you can be friends with people with different opinions. Just not when one party thinks you are slightly less human than they are. I also have problems with people who have those views about groups I don't belong to, but I think I have more responsibility to call them out and try to explain the problem in that case. Better than simply expecting the target of their prejudices to defend themselves.

I wish more people would think like that. Too often do people not only tolerate such behaviour but sometimes even join in passively. Even when they are, consciously, liberal about it.
We have a discord. If you want to join, simply message me, Icthyander or Sphenodon.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
DealsFor.me - The best sales, coupons, and discounts for you
« Previous Topic · General Discussion · Next Topic »
Add Reply