I'm a carpenter by trade and by usual way of thinking. When I'm confronted with a conundrum (which is different than a snare or bass drum), I usually ask "How?" not "Why?" I read the January 2012 issue of "Smithsonian" this weekend and thought of some questions regarding their Evolution World Tour. So here are some random thoughts on the whole process of evolution:What soft billed bird beat its face against a tree to evolve into a woodpecker, given that researchers observe that birds live 3-37 years on a good life span, less usually? [http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/How_Long.html]
Oh, I see in the list "American Coot" 22 years, 4 months; which prompts the pictures of Baby Coots and one Old Coot!! ;p
Next, which one of the ladies of the past, maybe Lucy the famous Australopithecus herself...G'DAY MATE!!...evolved the Ghetto Booty? And...is that Aussie saying REALLY a pick up line, not just a general greeting...Ya know...G'DAY!...MATE??!! This might explain the extinction of some former links in the human chain, I suppose, if Lucy wasn't in the mood! ;p
Did the ancient killer whales (Orca's ancestors) decide to migrate to warm water to regenerate skin tissue because they couldn't find the Nivea cream up in the arctic?
What weasel-ly little weasel decided to be the big bad wolverine...no, not the guy in X-men...who inhabits areas of the planet that require big feet and LOTS of heavy hair? Check out the pics of the two current cousins at Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasels. I wonder if some bully weasel kicked sand in the face of another, who decided to bulk up, change his coat, and get big feet?
Which forward-flying bird in Mr. Peabody's Way Back Machine developed into the 'helicopter' known as the humming bird? Was it a song bird who lost the words, hence the new name?
Was it a Friday night when homo sapiens began "using red pigments, making blades, & eating seafood as early as 164,000 years ago?" (Smithsonian, Jan 2012, p. 39) Well...TGIF!! (Oooops, it CAN'T be T...GEE...I...F if there aint no God and evolution is correct...My Bad!! ;p Sooooo... would it be T N[obody] I F for atheists? Just sayin'...
My last question is a 'Why' one...Why haven't carpenters and Moms with little kids evolved a third arm in the last 164,000 years, given what a handy adaptation it would be? Just curious...
Got Archaeopteryx?
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