Subj : Re: Why do Romulans have ridges?
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From : Fozzi
Date : Sun Oct 02 2005 19:06:15

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


"Gerald Meazell" <gmeazell@swbell.net> wrote in message 
news:gQS%e.4468$oO2.3855@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...
> electrictroy@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> So why the ridges?  2000 years is NOT a long enough time to evolve a
>> whole new species.
>
> This whole discussion is quite interesting but I suppose a more practical 
> and believable explanation would be that when the separatist Vulcans 
> arrived on Romulus, there was another species there and they bred with 
> them.  Over time, the other species was fully absorbed and the result is 
> neither Vulcan nor the other, but Romulan.
>
> --
> Gerald

Also a very good rationalisation, IMO

cheers
Fozzi

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