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 : Fozzi Date : Sun Oct 02 2005 06:51:50 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise "ANIM8Rfsk" wrote in message news:BF647972.54B99%ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net... > 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 > So, shock horror, there is more than one race among the romulan species, You do realise that this is actually extremely likely for a species distributed around even a single planet, let alone the dozens possibly hundreds that the romulan empire has been implied to have dont you? cheers fozzi .