super accelerated Darwinian evolution theme
We imagine what the world would be like if some beings in it "evolved" at a much accelerated rate.
12 total · 7 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama6x09 | major | The Professor created nanomachines that evolved from amoeba like life into transcendental beings in a matter of days. |
| movie: Day the World Ended (1955) | major | People and animals evolved at a super accelerated rate after being exposed to radiation from nuclear bombs. |
| movie: Evolution (2001) | major | The extraterrestrial microbes evolved into complex dinosaur-like creatures in just a handful of days. |
| movie: In the Year 2889 (1967) | major | People and animals evolved at a super accelerated rate after being exposed to radiation from nuclear bombs. |
| movie: Island of Lost Souls (1932) | major | Dr. Moreau accelerated the evolution of plants and animals by scientific means. In particular, he evolve lower animals into human-like creatures. |
| movie: The Manster (1959) | major | Dr. Robert Suzuki produced evolutionary change in his subjects by chemical means. |
| voy2x15 | major | Tom evolved into a future human. |
| movie: Phase IV (1974) | minor | An unspecified cosmic event caused ant colonies to rapidly evolve hive minds. |
| movie: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) | minor | Saavik and David discovered that microbes on Spock's space coffin, which had settled on the Genesis Planet, had evolved into complex lifeforms in a very short time. |
| movie: The Crawling Hand (1963) | minor | It was speculated that the astronaut had underwent rapid evolution, owing to the natural conditions in outer space, before he exploded. |