speculative evolution theme
Featured is an idea of evolution that is not (yet) in evidence by history. This may for example be when an alternative evolutionary history is stipulated, or when the evolutionary history of fictional beings is explained.
17 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 9 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng3x01 | choice | A small number of simple, self-replicating nanomachines quickly evolved into a collectively intelligent being of some kind. |
| ldr2019e3x06 | major | The Swarm explained that intelligence was not a winning evolutionary trait. It speculated about the future of humanity, and gave an account of some other intelligent species that had come to evolve away its brains. |
| ldr2019e3x07 | major | A novelty of the story is that the rats infesting Mason's bard had evolved intelligence and the ability to use complex tools. This was spelled out by the pest control company salesman, who explained that humanity's "warping" of the environment was driving the animal world to adapt by using tools. |
| movie: Mimic (1997) | major | The progeny of a genetically engineered cross between a mantis and a termite rapidly evolved into giant, man-eating, New York subway system inhabiting bugs that used mimicry to lure their human prey. |
| movie: Mimic 2 (2001) | major | A main novelty of the story is that a genetically engineered cockroach had evolved into a quasi-intelligent, human mimicking creature. |
| movie: The Land That Time Forgot (1975) | major | The creatures on Caprona did not evolve according to natural selection, but rather each individual organism (from single celled organisms all the way to hominids) passed through every stage of evolution within their own lifetime. |
| rd1988e1x04 | major | The story is premised on the notion that a race of cat people had evolved, over the space of three million years, from Lister's pregnant pet cat, Frankenstein. |
| bbf3x22 | minor | Justin reveals the history of the Vorlons and Shadows, and how the Shadows use conflict to help guide the younger races to be stronger and better and to evolve and grow. |
| movie: Island of Lost Souls (1932) | minor | Dr. Moreau asserted that all animal life was naturally evolving toward the human form, a form which he considered to be the pinnacle of evolution. |
| movie: Island of the Fishmen (1979) | minor | Claude read in Professor Ernest Marvin's journal how the fishmen were the evolutionary descendants of the Atlanteans. Some details of their process of evolution were supplied. |