696 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 : Michael Bowker Date : Sun Oct 02 2005 12:35:48 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise ANIM8Rfsk wrote: > in article S2S%e.17525$mH.7015@fed1read07, Anthony at aevansjr3@cox.net > wrote on 10/2/05 7:22 AM: > > >> 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. >> >> > > What exactly in the environment causes your forehead to mutate to 'bumpy'? > It's all that loosing to Kirk, the smacking your forhead in the "Oh, I could have had a V8!" moments that the Klingons and the Romulans had to endure. . 0