Evolution of Man

[kitkat]

Well lets start with neanderthal man; Unlike Homo Sapiens they were far less communal a species, many living in small groups of 10 or so very likley family members and close relatives, this really strikes biodiversity a huge blow to begin with.

 

Secondly, while they could communicate they were not as highly developed for speech as Homo Sapiens, their larynx just too high to produce the variety of noises we can make, great for not choking on your food, not so great for being able to speak. While it seems all the animals in the world survive without being able to "talk" to each other, in a world where 2 very similar species are competing with each other i'd say this was a major drawback for them.

 

Neanderthals also had an unusually devloped shoulder joint that limited it's mobility, they would have difficulty throwing spears for example and using particular tools... Perhaps they had the mental capacity to develop tools like this but they never could due to physical constraints. Neanderthal instead relying on speed and strength to survive over reason and cunning.

 

By using that analogy wouldn't we have also outcompeted chimps, apes, too? Humans have lived in close proximity with chimps.

[Ophiolite]

By using that analogy wouldn't we have also outcompeted chimps, apes, too? Humans have lived in close proximity with chimps.

Have chimps landed on the moon yet?

[kitkat]

Have chimps landed on the moon yet?

 

 

Too funny!

 

Don't you think Modern Humans really are dominant and superior. Surely these facts must be persuasive:

 

1. We can kill all other animals on Earth, whenever we want. No animal can kill us, unless it catches us asleep. Or while we're being careless or stupid. Or politically correct.

 

2. We can kill all insects. Pesticide sprays and DDT are their final solution. The peril of DDT to humans was grossly exaggerated.

 

3. We can kill all Earth vegetable organisms, and all bacteria. Any bacterium which develops resistance to current antibiotics, will soon get smacked down by our lab guys.

 

4. We can make the whole Earth unhabitable, if we choose. Suppose we built 1,000 very large H-Bombs. Each with a yield of 100 Megatons. (That's easily achievable -the Russians tested one in the 1960's with their "Tsar-Bomba" - even though they downgraded it to 50MT for fear of breaking windows in Moscow). If all the bombs were jacketed in cobalt, they would produce a huge cloud of deadly radioactive fallout, that would enshroud the entire planet. And kill off all life. Except maybe the cockroaches. But they could be despatched by giant 100 MT DDT bombs, detonated by automatic control a few years later.

 

The point is - all this could be done by only by humans. No animal like a ruddy chimpanzee or dolphin could do it. So I can't understand why some people insist on trying to downgrade Humans, and make out we're no different from animals. Talk about false modesty...

 

We Humans really are different! We control the destiny of a planet! And perhaps in due course, the destiny of the Universe!

 

So why try to belittle us?

 

Because of that that you mentioned we still refuse to take responsibility for our actions which will result in our extinction. The last people left will finally understand it but it will be too late. We are capable of wiping everything out except the ones that gave us our existence in the first place which is bacteria.

 

Don't you think Modern Humans really are dominant and superior. Surely these facts must be persuasive:

 

1. We can kill all other animals on Earth, whenever we want. No animal can kill us, unless it catches us asleep. Or while we're being careless or stupid. Or politically correct.

 

2. We can kill all insects. Pesticide sprays and DDT are their final solution. The peril of DDT to humans was grossly exaggerated.

 

3. We can kill all Earth vegetable organisms, and all bacteria. Any bacterium which develops resistance to current antibiotics, will soon get smacked down by our lab guys.

 

4. We can make the whole Earth unhabitable, if we choose. Suppose we built 1,000 very large H-Bombs. Each with a yield of 100 Megatons. (That's easily achievable -the Russians tested one in the 1960's with their "Tsar-Bomba" - even though they downgraded it to 50MT for fear of breaking windows in Moscow). If all the bombs were jacketed in cobalt, they would produce a huge cloud of deadly radioactive fallout, that would enshroud the entire planet. And kill off all life. Except maybe the cockroaches. But they could be despatched by giant 100 MT DDT bombs, detonated by automatic control a few years later.

 

The point is - all this could be done by only by humans. No animal like a ruddy chimpanzee or dolphin could do it. So I can't understand why some people insist on trying to downgrade Humans, and make out we're no different from animals. Talk about false modesty...

 

We Humans really are different! We control the destiny of a planet! And perhaps in due course, the destiny of the Universe!

 

So why try to belittle us?

 

Because of that that you mentioned we still refuse to take responsibility for our actions which will result in our extinction. The last people left will finally understand it but it will be too late. We are capable of wiping everything out except the ones that gave us our existence in the first place which is bacteria.