Subj : Re: Why do Romulans have ridges? To : rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise,alt.tv.star-trek.next-gen,alt.tv.star-trek.ds9 From : ANIM8Rfsk Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 18:35:47 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.ds9 in article 8TD%e.4516$U51.2027@news-server.bigpond.net.au, Fozzi at efor6920@bigpond.net.au wrote on 10/1/05 3:14 PM: > > wrote in message > news:1128202806.955133.136280@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... >> 2000 years ago, the Romulans left Vulcan. They thought Surak's "no >> emotion; pure logic" preaching was nuts, so they left Vulcan & carried >> the warring culture with them. Fast-forward to the "present" and we >> see Kirk & Picard & Sisko fighting against or allying with those Vulcan >> descendents, but calling themselves Romulans. Same species... >> different names. >> >> So why the ridges? 2000 years is NOT a long enough time to evolve a >> whole new species. >> >> troy >> > > Actually 20 generations are more than enough to evolve a whole new species, > (and 2000 years would be about right for that with such a long lived > species) especially if there was any selective breeding policies during that > time, which with what weve seen of romulans is not at all unlikely. > Intensity of selective pressure is more important than time passed, per se. > > > cheers > fozzi > > 2000 years? Try 78. Romulans don't have ridges in TOS, but they do in TNG. And Spock is supposed to be able to pass for a Romulan in TNG even though he doesn't have ridges. Chalk the ridges up to the idiot make up supervisor who decided every alien need a bumpy forehead and forget about it. -- You Can't Stop the Signal .