if darwin's theory of evolution is correct will man kind become a victim of it's own sucsess.
i have watched a few programs now on how baboons have for around the last 50 years been killing and eating flamingos.
mite not sound interesting to some but they way they co-operate with each other and the fact that scientists belive that whilst the way they kill and eat is unique they can prove that these baboons are becoming ever more intelligent.
Therefore if we were to say for instance have a nuclear of biolgical war in theory the baboons would take over the primary resolve as to become the next primary species to be able to walk on land.
some may theorise that this is incorrect but i feeel that we have played a contributing factor in this. Where as the human race had to find ways to kill if we were wiped out would it be possible for baboons to realise the potential for the weapons we have made and would they be the next type of human evolution?
2007-03-15 03:33:10 · 15 answers · asked by trigga01001 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Maybe some day. but that may be a million years from now when the otters take over
2007-03-15 03:37:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
personal i doubt whether, in the event of a nuclear/biological war that wipes out the ENTIRE of mankind then there would in fact be no baboons to take over the world.
however even if mankind were no more i doubt baboons would become a dominant species. Mankind even at its beginning developed primitive weapons and used fire to their advantage, early man realised that he was no mach for say a wolf, but if there we 6 or 7 men with long pointed sticks then they were more than a match, baboons haven't showed an intelligence on this level. though it may be true that they are the worlds second most intelligent beings they are worlds behind humanity. personally if there was no mankind then i think either we would see an entirely new strain of life which isn't around today or their would be no supreme species.
2007-03-15 14:42:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If we killed ourselves, the baboons would likely be gone too, cockroaches and microbes would be the kings of the planet then. Anything that did survive would show how life adapts due to circumstance. Those creatures that don't die from radiation, and are still fertile will produce offspring that are more likely to withstand radiation. Eventually if intelligent life reappears, then they might withstand radiation, if that trait doesn't get bred out. Then nuclear bombs will only be a little less deadly.
2007-03-15 10:39:25 · answer #3 · answered by poseidenneptune 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The successor of Man will be, initially, physically similar to man, however, it will have a different mindset.
Evolution is a concept that needs to be believed in order to make it happen. This belief is the missing link in nature...
It has been drummed out of man by Religion over the last 15-20,000 years - and only when enough peoples minds are free will evolution in man continue on a global scale...
2007-03-15 11:45:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some apes have been using sticks as weapons for some time, but only using them to hit other apes. Apparently there is now a group of apes who have worked out that if they sharpen the sticks they can use them to stab other animals. It's interesting, but not surprising. If your hypothetical war happened I would be shocked if apes DID NOT become the dominant species. Maybe "Planet Of The Apes" is not too far off the mark.
2007-03-15 10:39:28 · answer #5 · answered by lululaluau 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm! I think Num 1 Kev above is having a wishful day - we will eventually die out as a species - but by that time we will have evolved further and left this planet for pastures new!
We are not gonna die out in the next 1000 years so don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen!
2007-03-15 10:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by jamand 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some chimps already use spears they fashioned themselves to hunt.
yeah, people will probably kill themselves off (although i don't see how having a nuclear or biological war is anything NEAR "success") & another species will become the top of the food chain, possibly another primate.
2007-03-15 10:40:52 · answer #7 · answered by Ember Halo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well if we were wiped out by a nuclear war we wouldn't be obsolete, we'd be dead. And if another species eventually evolved to become as intelligent as us, it wouldn't be our doing.
2007-03-15 10:42:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No where in the theory does it state that evolution has to be an improvement.
2007-03-15 10:49:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds like a fantastic movie plot.
You should send it to Hollywood asap.
2007-03-15 10:40:42 · answer #10 · answered by Solafide55 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋