Monkey to Man

[beanieb]

okies..

must admit i haven't heard about sympatric speciation before and was thinking along allopatric only....

some thoughts after reading about sympatric speciation..

 

Is sympatric speciation more possible for simpler organisms (eg flies, fishes) but less likely for more complex organisms (eg mammals)?

this is taking into consideration the life cycle.. the ease of change to the organism's DNA makeup and behavioral patterns of the organism..

 

then considering extreme isolation and extreme environments again...for a complex organism like man.. say if some of us chose to go back to water to live..

and we decide by sheer will to mate only amongst the new waterbound-clan and isolate ourselves from the outside world..

though theoretically plausible, would we see a new aqua-humanoid being arising some 100,000 yrs later?

(consider the people who lived in harsh conditions like the artic.. after many thousands of years separated from people of the man-friendlier environments. though they have developed adaptions to their environment.. they are still "man"..just like any of us)

[Moontanman]

okies..

must admit i haven't heard about sympatric speciation before and was thinking along allopatric only....

some thoughts after reading about sympatric speciation..

 

Is sympatric speciation more possible for simpler organisms (eg flies, fishes) but less likely for more complex organisms (eg mammals)?

this is taking into consideration the life cycle.. the ease of change to the organism's DNA makeup and behavioral patterns of the organism..

 

then considering extreme isolation and extreme environments again...for a complex organism like man.. say if some of us chose to go back to water to live..

and we decide by sheer will to mate only amongst the new waterbound-clan and isolate ourselves from the outside world..

though theoretically plausible, would we see a new aqua-humanoid being arising some 100,000 yrs later?

(consider the people who lived in harsh conditions like the artic.. after many thousands of years separated from people of the man-friendlier environments. though they have developed adaptions to their environment.. they are still "man"..just like any of us)

 

 

Actually, there is such a population of humans, a small group of islanders who spend most of their lives on boats and dive for fish have developed the ability to focus their eyes underwater. They are just as human as we are but they do have these small adaptations...

[JustinW]

Actually, there is such a population of humans, a small group of islanders who spend most of their lives on boats and dive for fish have developed the ability to focus their eyes underwater. They are just as human as we are but they do have these small adaptations...

I do believe they also have a stronger lung capacity on average also.