That assumes we'd be genetically evolving on the moon and mars at a significant speedwhich would mean people were dying in large numbers due to the effects of different gravity. I know the life of pioneers is hard, but it seems unlikely they'd put up with that.
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Sun 19 Jun 2005, 13:10,
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no, no!humans require gravity / vigoras exorcise.
Its not just the next 2 generations of people who wouldnt be able to walk, but anyone who spent a year there! Mucles and bones degenerate quickly.
A feotus developing in another gravity would never get the bone or muscle strength to walk on earth.
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Sun 19 Jun 2005, 13:15,
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Its not just the next 2 generations of people who wouldnt be able to walk, but anyone who spent a year there! Mucles and bones degenerate quickly.
A feotus developing in another gravity would never get the bone or muscle strength to walk on earth.
it would be possible for someone born in a lower gravity to walk on earthjust very difficult and tiring
maybe only possible with the help of a long flight through which they can slowly change the gravity to accustom the body to the increased strain
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Sun 19 Jun 2005, 13:18,
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maybe only possible with the help of a long flight through which they can slowly change the gravity to accustom the body to the increased strain
yeah ....... it would be like us going into a 6g environment thoughI agree for people who saty there for a while,
not for people born there. Increasing bone density sufficiantly would be almost impossible, no matter how much you increase the musculature.
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Sun 19 Jun 2005, 13:21,
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not for people born there. Increasing bone density sufficiantly would be almost impossible, no matter how much you increase the musculature.
hmm yeah i 'spose your rightwell i must say this thread is possibly the most intellectual debate we have ever had on b3ta
congratulations everyone
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Sun 19 Jun 2005, 13:24,
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congratulations everyone
well, no...if you'd grown up your entire life with only 1/6 of the earths gravity, it would'nt have such an effect on your bones, so they would grow longer...if you got back to earth, it'd be like carrying five of you on your back...we wouldn't evolve per se, at least not in the short term, as evolution isn't a process with a goal...species don't sit there and think, "bugger, I need a longer neck, best get started for the grandkids...", its a eliminatory process. we've only got as far as we have today because all the bad genes as it were have been weeded out. With modern medicine, more bad genes are surviving, as you don't need good eyesight to hunt a kebab.
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Sun 19 Jun 2005, 13:17,
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Not that I advocateculling anyone with a limp or glasses, but a few generations back, they wouldn't have survived. If we ever do end up back at that point, they're buggered. survival of the fittest...
I'm alright though...healthy, intelligent, can make fire with sticks, can build shelters, knows how to trap, and to make and hunt with bows and arrows...I'm gonna survive!
(I'm alright though...healthy, intelligent, can make fire with sticks, can build shelters, knows how to trap, and to make and hunt with bows and arrows...I'm gonna survive!
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Sun 19 Jun 2005, 13:31,
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