I know that the pull of the moons gravity accounts for the tides & that scientists found that this was pivitol in how we evolved.
Just wondering if any scientific groups might have done a study to find out how everything would have evolved without the moon.
2006-06-20 06:17:35 · 9 answers · asked by asnb 1 in Environment
OneWingDang has a point, but corrective surgery is available. He notes that this whole forum is rife with speculation and unscientific blather.
So what?
The fact is, if there had not been a moon (and it is still a matter for some debate as to whether it extruded from the Earth or was captured, or co-evolved), then the Earth would have substantially more atmosphere than we do.
If you want a pretty clear picture of "Earth without the Moon", take a gander at Venus. Not terribly hospitable.
It's not so much tides and diurnal periods, it's the fact that the moon has attenuated our atmosphere by a very good bit.
Cheers.
2006-06-20 08:06:34 · answer #1 · answered by Grendle 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There certainly wouldn't have been much in the way of large life forms on Earth, if any survived at all. The moon has taken a lot of hits from asteroids and meteors that would've otherwise affected the Earth, plus there are climate stability issues related to everything from axis "wobble" to ocean and land tides, orbital stability, etc., etc., etc. Without the moon, the Earth would've been an incredibly unstable to place to be and unfit for large, complex organisms, particularly when the two were much closer together than they are now. Right now, the moon is slowly migrating away from Earth, and when it assumes a stable orbit several million years down the road, our axis wobble will be much worse, and our north and south magnetic poles will switch places more often, among other unfavorable events.
2006-06-20 14:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by nardhelain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time would most certainly not be out of whack.
A statistical evaluation of the evolution of life over the course of any extensive period of time is extremely taxing to the computational powers of any computer, nevermind the average Yahoo! Answers user. To hazard a guess would amount to little more than an uneducated foray into the unknown without substantial training in young-earth biology and bioinformatics in particular. However, the general case can be given that life may have evolved without the presence of the moon and its tides, as the moon is only a singular contributor to the tidal motions of the world's seas, albeit the most significant, and so the forces that gave rise to the evolutionary trends of the young earth would probably have taken place regardless.
2006-06-20 13:29:14 · answer #3 · answered by OneWngdAng 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the earth was formed first the moon didn't come along for a couple of billion years. earths evolution didn't begin untill that time. only 7 of the nine planets have moons some have so many that they aren't all listed. the only planets with no moons are mercury and venus. their is some proof that the closest planet to have possible life/evolution is mars with two moon. so as for Earths evolution with out a moon. there would be none.
2006-06-20 13:35:25 · answer #4 · answered by Mirage202001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tides wouldn't exist and time in general would be out of whack because we wouldn't really have anything to go by would we?
2006-06-20 13:23:14 · answer #5 · answered by godskid77704 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No moon no life on earth.
2006-06-20 13:20:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life would have been less romantic, without eclipses and without a lunar calendar.
2006-06-20 13:20:08 · answer #7 · answered by Thermo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created it all, why don't you just ask him.
2006-06-20 13:42:34 · answer #8 · answered by dale6956 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno, but good question!
2006-06-20 13:31:36 · answer #9 · answered by american angel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋