RE: Humans in S America 22000 Years Ago?
May 13, 2013 at 6:25 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2013 at 6:31 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(May 13, 2013 at 6:17 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Marsupials took the same trip in the reverse (though we don't imagine they went by water).
did they? I had no idea there were marsupials in Africa.
But anyway, marsupial as a lineage considerably predated the time when rifting that separated Africa and South America was complete. So it seems conceivable their ancesters simply walked on dry land across the future mid-atlantic ridge before the water came in.
Last common ancester between old and new world monkeys post dated the final split between africa and South America by some margin. To get across they must have swam, rafted, or walked on water.
(May 13, 2013 at 6:22 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I know right, or just not to send people at all. Do we really want treat the rest of the universe to the current state of human development..hehehe, I say we send plants and bacteria - they'll make for a better impression.
"Oh look, those fleshy things sent us peaceful and useful flowers, how thoughtful of them - I thought for a moment they would show up at our doorstep ragged, demanding food and shelter"
Some alien must be making a horror movie right now, involving a humans space ship landing on their planet and unleashing loads of creepy, round, fleshy, translucent balls that eats little tadpole like wiggly things and turn into four limbed, squaking monsters.
