reply to post by The time lord
We are not Evolving we are Extincting.
It is interesting how this extinction event is occurring the way it is right now. It really got me thinking about past extinctions that have taken
place in the past.
If man and his civilization is causing this current extinction. I wonder if their are similarities of this extinction with any of the many other
extinctions.
What I am getting at is , what if the mass extinctions are caused by civilizations of intelligent beings not unlike our own civilization have been
responsible for the die offs in ancient history.
I am not saying civilized humans have been around for every extinction, I am saying that another life form could very well have become civilized and
"ruined" the earth previously. Be it a reptile , fish, mammal, marsupial, arachnid or insect type.
One would have to understand why humans became civilized and intelligent in the first place and weather or not another species could have done
something similar. I believe there is vast evidence we are the way we are is a evolution selected us as exactly what is necessary to adapt to
different climates and food supply. Could the genes necessary for adaptation be the same genes ultimately responsible for mass extinctions. We
almost adapt to different circumstances too well. Too well for the Earths own good it seems sometimes.
There have been various descriptions as humans being a cancer or a virus to the Earth. Not unlike the way a cancer or a virus spreads out of control
unbalancing the equilibrium of the natural flow of energy which in we call nature. I tend to think of us more as regular animals than a cancer or
virus, something has just mutated in gene or genes that act somewhat as a curse to our own existence.
The one argument of evidence against this theory would be that there is no evidence at all of ancient past highly technical specialized
civilizations.
A counter to the argument against it would be if the civilized beings used biodegradable materials instead of our normal metals and concrete type
materials. Their tech could have simply biodegraded away shortly after their civilization vanished.
Past extinctions have proven that life eventually does find a way and start booming again. So I feel this extinction we are currently in should be no
different. After the majority of life has passed , the remaining will find a way in this vicious cycle we call life.