English Deutsch Français Italiano Español Português 繁體中文 Bahasa Indonesia Tiếng Việt ภาษาไทย
All categories

18 answers

Only the future holds the answer. Looking in the past, one can see multiple mass extinctions existing on this planet. A geologist who wants to know the history of the existance of Earth, would simply need take a core sample of the bedrock in a certain area. This enables them to view the rock record and allows them to find traces of fossils which, when mapped and charted throughout history, can carve paths of evolution and extinction of a vast number of species. These mass extinctions have not shown the exhaustion of life on this planet in its entirety, which suggests that it rarely occurs. Life persists in mosts cases by extremely resilient species, and over millions and millions of years can change dramatically. Nothing on this planet is static and constant because we live among an ever-changing chain of systems that interact with one another manifesting reality and existance as we know it.

2006-08-28 19:30:40 · answer #1 · answered by Matt C 1 · 2 0

If plants die in this theoretical extinction then oxygen disappears along with it.
The planet would still have water though so it is possible that the life essential chemicals carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen along with the energy of lightening strikes would form complex amino acid chains(successfully simulated in the Miller Eurie experiment at Cambridge Univ.) that may or may not strike the DNA lotto.
You have to ask yourself if you believe that DNA originated on Earth. Or is it possible that it hitched a ride on a comet that struck the Earth millions of years ago.
If it indeed hitched a ride on a comet then the prospect of life is very slim because comet and asteroid strikes are very seldom now compared to the time era when the Earth was young.
On the other hand if DNA did indeed originate on Earth then the prospect of new life is promising.

2006-08-29 02:52:12 · answer #2 · answered by isaac a 3 · 0 0

the odds are very very small. Beisides if we would die out, what would be the reason for that? Wouldnt it be impossible to have another 'human race' to restart? We have a lot of animals that have gone extinct already, we've never seen them re-appear. The evolution of man has been very very complex and was caused by numerous influences from the outside world. The chance of these siruations being the same again is small.

2006-08-29 02:23:35 · answer #3 · answered by Joyce R 4 · 0 0

Interesting question, I have not the answer for you, but I did read a headline about finding the genes which spurred the growth of the human brain, so if you believe that random mutations are not random then the answer is defiantly, if you believe in the laws of probability then I would say doubtful given that there were only about (and I am guessing here as it is too late for me to look up this) a dozen or so of hominid species. Then if you factor that if people were not here to affect the environment, would that change the math?

2006-08-29 02:30:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

if humans and plants and animals die out then the only chance is to hope that life on earth was seeded here by some ancient comet that crashed into the newly forming oceans and brought with it a micro organism that formed life as well know it, because if everything is gone then there is nothing left to start over again.

2006-08-29 02:52:27 · answer #5 · answered by Funny Shy Guy :) 4 · 0 0

Logically speaking it is quite possible ; considering the history of man-kind and the Earth . Earth has under-gone several changes in its' creation and evolution ; land masses has changed , the geography of the Earth has changed over many periods of history ; there has been mutations ,adaptations climatic changes ; life continued under a different form . The new human to emerge would be a vastly improvement of US , as we are today .

2006-08-29 02:59:37 · answer #6 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 0 0

If you believe that we were created in Gods image, then the easy answer to this question is yes. However, in my humble opinion, the majority of answers given by religion are typical of the lack of knowledge of that specific time period.

If you take evolution theories on face value and some lifeform or catalyst to create life remains, then in my mind there is no reason why life cannot re-evolve.

I think your more specific question is, "will another type of living animal LIKE US begin?". I think we need to bear in mind the fact (if taken on face value) that our present anatomic make-up is somthing that has been developed through evolution over millenia. Consider, for example, that our basic vertebrate structure was somthing first seen around 500 million years ago in the Cambrian Period. This beneficial mutation proved more competitive in that specific environment hence allowing this animal to breed more effectivley and pass on this mutated gene to its offspring; it can be argued this was fluke.

I would consider it highly unlikley that the species "Homo-Sapien" would re-appear as it would require a complete emulation of the former time period in which life on this planet evolved.

2006-08-29 02:38:12 · answer #7 · answered by Jon R 1 · 0 1

I really hope not, I mean, look at the mess we made. The world is better of without us or anything like us.
Nature controls the balance of life for animals and plants with ease, it's humans with their free will and 'intelligence' that have really screwed it up.
We had our shot, we blew it, we shouldn't ask for another. Let's leave it for the plants and animals, they don't wreck everything with war, religion and genocide.

2006-08-29 02:42:27 · answer #8 · answered by Pretty Tough Girl 3 · 0 1

The Dinosaurs existed for millions of years and nothing similar to us evolved from them. It took there extinction to give the mammals a chance. Perhaps one of the other great ape species would evolve too take are place.
In a nut shell no one can really know!

2006-08-29 02:49:27 · answer #9 · answered by simo9352 5 · 0 0

Well only if living conditions prevail on earth - i.e. Oxygen, water in the correct mix - but unlikely because if all living beings die, that means there is no good living conditions oin earth ya ?

2006-08-29 02:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by R G 5 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers