Who's Smarter The Cavemen Or Us!

posted on December 11th, 2005, 12:49 am

I'll hold my tounge on that "Peace" statement...

The T-Rex wasn't a threat to humans because humans did not exist then, we were primates Correct me If I'm wrong but the T-Rex existed in the Jurassic period (hence Jurassic Park) and it is generally accepted that humans hadn't evolved past simple primates then...So no, there weren't a threat to us, since we didn't technically exist

Problem with all this is, it's speculation, theres no way to know, and I highly doubt it was a scavanger, there would be no need to it to be, it's strong enough and large enough to be a very dangerous predator...why eat what's already dead when you can kill stuff yourself?

posted on December 11th, 2005, 12:56 am

Correct me If I'm wrong but the T-Rex existed in the Jurassic period (hence Jurassic Park)

okay, i will. tyrannosaurus rex lived in the Cretaceous period, not the Jurassic period. the movie "Jurassic Park" actually squished a few of the time periods togeather, putting several dinosaurs that would never exist at the same time against eachother.

posted on December 11th, 2005, 12:58 am

Ah, ok, well, still that's even more proof to my statement...that's even farther away from the evolution of humans.

[teh-plaf]

posted on December 11th, 2005, 1:04 am

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No actually thats closer, much, much closer. The Cretaceous period was the last era of the dinosaurs, despite what steven spielberg would have you believe. this period was 144-65 million years ago. now, the T-rex was dominant in the late cretaceous, known as the Senonian period. this is actually the closest possible time to humans than anything, which isn't really proof for you at all. the Senonian period was 89-65 million years ago.

this defines a primate:
Unguiculate, claviculate, placental mammals, with orbits encircled by bone; three kinds of teeth, at least at one time of life; brain always with a posterior lobe and calcarine fissure; the innermost digit of at least one pair of extremities opposable; hallux with a flat nail or none; a well developed caecum; ***** pendulous; testes scrotal; always two pectoral mammae. (Mivart 1873)

you're right, we were primates back then. but we're primates right now too lol

posted on December 11th, 2005, 1:15 am

Hmm...didn't know that, well for one thing, Stevie didn't persaude me towards anything other than thinking that large Tripod aliens from war of the worlds really do exist under the ground mg: jk...No, seriously, thought it was opposite...I never really had an interest in them, I tend to look toward the future, however it's been a long, long time since Biology class I should brush up a bit...

Very true, however I refered to them as "simple primates" we have evolved past the general "Primate".

posted on December 11th, 2005, 1:39 am

u people want to watch the BBC's Walking With.... series, they done dinosours, beast and monsters, its really good and tells u pretty much what scientists have assumed regarding the behaviour of the dinosours and the other creatures that walked the earth millions of years ago. some of it may be bulls**t some might not but it is a brilliant series and would add interesting points to this debate..

posted on December 11th, 2005, 1:56 am

Hmm...sounds interesting, I only get BBC America unfortunatly, however the Discovery Channel did something similar, BBC might have gotten it off them, or vica versa...Either way it was a CG representation on what life was like back when the Dinos were top dog...It really didn't reveal all that much scientific information, just how certain ones survived, and how they functioned in communities...ect...

posted on December 11th, 2005, 1:57 am

the BBC made the series themselves, spent about 10mil on the walking with dinosaurs one, u can buy the dvds if u got cash to spare get them

posted on December 11th, 2005, 2:04 am

Well...it just sounds exactly like the Discovery Channel thing, and I might, but i'm getting my Battlestar DVDs first

posted on December 11th, 2005, 2:06 am

the BBC does sell everything they make to get some extra cash in lol

posted on December 11th, 2005, 2:33 am

what? the british taxes for it aren't enough? come on...

posted on December 11th, 2005, 2:34 am

lol! its too expensive to make any films or tv shows here as it is! the taxman takes everything

posted on December 11th, 2005, 3:14 am

posted on December 11th, 2005, 4:51 am

you know what bbc show was realy funny? Monty Pythons Flying Circus

posted on December 11th, 2005, 8:05 am

I never really liked monty python, the only british humor that really ever got to me was Bridget Jones' Diary