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RE: A Lizard's Color Shifting Is Based in Mathematical Formulas (von Neumann and Turing)

in #science7 years ago

Actually, we did evolve from reptiles (waaaaay way way back when). Mammals split off from reptiles millions of years before the dinosaurs so in a way, you could say he's a distant evolutionary cousin.

Could humans evolve to be aquatic? That's a tricky question. We aren't likely to evolve that sort of thing for a few reasons. 1. Most humans don't interact with the water enough that we would move towards an aquatic lifestyle, and 2. we don't face many of the pressures of natural selection that would drive evolutionary changes to that extreme. So I personally don't think it's likely that there will ever be aquatic humans unfortunately. BUT there are humans that do bear some aquatic adaptations. Free divers (those who can dive without the aid of dive equipment) can hold their breath far longer than most people, see reasonably well underwater, and tolerate greater water pressures. Who knows, maybe they will move towards a form with a greater affinity to water.

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Exactly! That's what I wanted to hear from you about the rare case of human who can dive into the water and hold breadth for a longer time as compared to others. This shows that there is probability we can achieve this acqatic life as well along with the terrestrial life. But it will require lot of research to study about the features of human body and reptile. In case we find a way to live in water as well, it would be a marvelous achievement of us "we human". Then only one thing will be left for us to achieve i.e. to fly..!!!. How amazing it would be if we could have possessed all these three lifestyles together :Water , Land and Air .. Everyone would have enjoyed their lives according to their choices. At any moment of time we would fly, dive inside the water and swim and enjoyed living on dry land too.....:):) But again a lot of research and findings would be needed for this to happen with full dedication....:)

I found your post through a search on "von Neumann" and I quite enjoyed it!

Would you please write a about the reptilian part of the brain in mammals?

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