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If humans could have evolved from any other species to becoem the dominant one which animal would it be?

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Possibly gorillas. Coco the gorilla knew around two hundred words in sign language.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer well we have a similar ancestor so i meant an ape with another ancestor then ours or another animal!
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol Next closest I believe is a dolphin. Their brains are actually bigger than ours. However their echo location is very sophisticated and takes up most of their brain. Far far more so then a bat. Plus their eyes are almost as good as our eyes. Not so of a bat.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer impressive
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol Another thing in dolphins favor is they are mammals. They once where land creatures. However not for very long. Possibly they could reevolve that behavior. Though I am not certain if that is possible.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer or we can live i nthe sea!
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol I don't believe so. The reason they have such a good echo location which limits their brain is because of the need for it in the sea. They would have to become land creatures again loose some of the need for echo location which leaves more brain room for thinking.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer well still echolocation would be cool! we would all be daredevil
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol It would only be vistual. Like our tail bone is a vistual tail.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer well i wish we still had a tail that would be fun!
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol Then you wouldn't be able to walk upright for very long.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer does it really matter? i mean i can grab things with my tail and be snuggly like a cat :p
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol Yes it does. Almost as important as having an opposable thumb on both hands. Not as easy to use tools when you are on all four on the ground.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer monkeys seem to have fun with it though
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol I would rather be smarter, safer and older. More fun for much longer that way.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer mhh if i could only live 1 year longer but i could get wings to fly a tail thats useful and echolocation i would take it :p
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol I wouldn't and I am nearly three times your age. Possibly older than that.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer haha well i'm about to be 20 so i guess if you're about to be 60 then you are 3 times my age :)
i have a huge distain for the world and normal things and like extraordinary and mythology so thats why i would gladly fly!
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol Age has made me far more cynical. Yet age has also made me far more practical. Your horizons are only limited by yourself. Broaden your mind. Not limit it to fantasies of your own making. Become in the now, then expand upon it. Reality can be so much more fantastic than any fantasy.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer realtiy can be fantastic but theres too much filth here :)
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol Ignore it. Focus only on the good. Focus is good. Focus will help you.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer well good would be only destruction. wiping away all filth. humans are filth and to be honest i think the world would be better without us :)
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol That is not good. That is negative thinking. Focus on the good only.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol You will find it if you look. But you have to look with focus.
popmol · 22-25, M
@DeWayfarer being depressed and filled with hate for family and such aother people don't even come close to good, at least only some people here :)
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@popmol Then focus only on the "some". Though I still think you could find more.