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    1. 02-18-2009 05:24 PM #1
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      What if we had infinite time

      What if an animal, say a lion, was allowed infinite time to evolve? Do you think it will evolve into a super race?
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    2. 02-18-2009 05:28 PM #2
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      This makes no sense.
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      Quote Originally Posted by esfx View Post
      This makes no sense.
      ok pure hypothetical situation.

      -We are not in the universe (humans)
      -the dominant species is another form of life (lions)
      -Time is infinite but everything else is held constant
      -I mean infinite time as evolutionary time; lions do not have to worry about being wiped out, meteors, the sun exploding, gamma ray burst - nothing. They are allowed to be forever.

      SO

      my question is would they become an advanced species?
      does this make more sense now? It was a wild idea I had yesterday.
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    4. 02-18-2009 06:28 PM #4
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      No, they wouldn't, because dynamic evolution requires a change in environment. All that would happen is, the lions would reach an evolutionary equilibrium and stay there for all time.
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    5. 02-18-2009 06:47 PM #5
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      Tell the lions to eat some mushrooms.

      Whatever creature evolves some thumbs and a clear ability to communicate would evolve mentally and technologically.

      On the other hand without being able to truly grasp intelligence and communication, they would just be the most powerful killing machine.
      This was that cult, and the prisoners said it had always existed and always would exist, hidden in distant wastes and dark places all over the world until the time when the great priest Cthulhu, from his dark house in the mighty city of R'lyeh under the waters, should rise and bring the earth again beneath his sway.
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    6. 02-18-2009 06:51 PM #6
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      The lions would stay as lions. It's a common misconception that evolution is a progression from a less complex (or advanced, as you put it) organism the a more complex one.

      It's just not true. Most organisms wouldn't benefit at all from becoming more complex; look at bacteria. They've stayed simple for billions of years, and it suits them; they're the most populous organisms on the planet.
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