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Skrunch-a-tron on 30 March 2013

My mind cannot comprehend the epitome that is excerpted from the essence of this question.



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Wright on 30 March 2013

It's not about inventing fire first.

It's actually about the fingers. If the Dinosaurs had had a thumb, things would have gone very different!



crissindahouse on 30 March 2013

we would already have no oil anymore and also no rare earth elements because they would need much bigger cars and smartphones



Wright on 30 March 2013
spurgeonryan said:

 

He just ate the last tree on the planet he was on. What a fucking fool! He will starve! Thank god dinosaurs were pussies and did not have thumbs or that would be us on this planet.

Don't you worry, Captain Kirk will finish him off!



Heavenly_King on 30 March 2013
Wright said:
It's not about inventing fire first.

It's actually about the fingers. If the Dinosaurs had had a thumb, things would have gone very different!

Almost this.

In order to be "rulers" they would have required a way to do fine movement.  Pincer grasp for example.   Dinousaurs did not had way to do fine movement at all.



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kitler53 on 30 March 2013

if there is one person on this site i'd like to meet IRL it is you spurge.



kain_kusanagi on 30 March 2013

I think a better question is this:

What if there was no mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs?

It's possible that an intelligent dinosaur would have developed tens of millions of years before mammals had a chance to evolve. If that was the case dinosaurs I think it's very likely that dinosaurs would have evolved into humanoids with advanced intelligence and eventually create civilization. Could they have maintained their civilization for millions of years to still be around today? I don't know. In tens of millions of years humans will either have destroyed themselves or left earth for other planets. Maybe dinosaurs didn't go extinct. Maybe the left Earth millions of years ago.

BTW: Doctor Who starts up again today on BBC America!





Heavenly_King on 30 March 2013
spurgeonryan said:
Heavenly_King said:
Wright said:
It's not about inventing fire first.

It's actually about the fingers. If the Dinosaurs had had a thumb, things would have gone very different!

Almost this.

In order to be "rulers" they would have required a way to do fine movement.  Pincer grasp for example.   Dinousaurs did not had way to do fine movement at all.


If I was a caveman and a Dinosaur was waving fire at me I would just give up. You Win! I will go back to my cave and live off cave fish and bats! You do not have fine motor skills? Who cares! You have fine, sharp teeth and the power of the sun in your hands.

Without fine movement, dinosaurs would not even be able to create fire to begin with. ;)



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kain_kusanagi on 30 March 2013
spurgeonryan said:
kain_kusanagi said:

I think a better question is this:

What if there was no mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs?

It's possible that an intelligent dinosaur would have developed tens of millions of years before mammals had a chance to evolve. If that was the case dinosaurs I think it's very likely that dinosaurs would have evolved into humanoids with advanced intelligence and eventually create civilization. Could they have maintained their civilization for millions of years to still be around today? I don't know. In tens of millions of years humans will either have destroyed themselves or left earth for other planets. Maybe dinosaurs didn't go extinct. Maybe the left Earth millions of years ago.

BTW: Doctor Who starts up again today on BBC America!

I thought she died in the episode where Amy found out River was her daughter?

I just pulled up that picture because the topic reminded me of Doctor Who. I'm not 100% sure which character this is. There is a lizard woman who lives in Victorian England. She has a human girlfriend and helped the Doctor and his new companion fight off the evil snow men in the Christmas special.