Subj : Re: Why do Romulans have ridges?
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From : Anthony
Date : Sun Oct 02 2005 10:22:33

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.ds9


<electrictroy@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1128249171.993313.99770@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> > On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:14:28 GMT, "Fozzi"
>> >>Actually 20 generations are 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
>
> .
>
> 2000 years is enough time to evolve a new species???  Oooo-kay.
> Genetically, even though human beings passed through an intense/deadly
> dark age including a 33% lethal plague, I'm no different than a human
> being from the Roman Republic.  Evolution doesn't happen that fast for
> complex organisms.
>
>
> It really doesn't make sense for Romulans to look different.  American
> Indians were separated from their native north-Asian homeland for
> ~15,000 years, but they are still the same species.
>
> troy


Yeah but they could have easily changed to fit the enviorment over time.

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