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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Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen.,
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!
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Mr.Ons knows you can hear him, Earthmen.,
Sun 19 Jun 2005, 13:31,
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