Fear of Snakes May Have Driven Pre-Human Evolution

Krishna Dagli writes "An evolutionary arms race between early snakes and mammals triggered the development of improved vision and large brains in primates, a radical new theory suggests. The idea, proposed by Lynne Isbell, an anthropologist at the University of California, Davis, suggests that snakes and primates share a long and intimate history, one that forced both groups to evolve new strategies as each attempted to gain the upper hand. Early primates developed a better eye for color, detail and movement and the ability to see in three dimensions — traits that are important for detecting threats at close range. Humans are descended from those same primates. "

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Re:I knew that already...

[Fordiman]

Hm.

I think it'd get boring. Eternal life, I mean. No, seriously. After a while, you've done everything. Even God's Love has to get old eventually.

I suppose then you could take a trip down to hell and see how the other half lives. I mean, how bad could it be, swimming backwards through a river of shit?

Maybe you could hang out on earth and fuck with the psychics. You never know.

Still, it'd all get old eventually. Heaven would suffer from the worst case of Ennui you've seen this side of the cosmos.

*sigh* ahh, clinging to the illusion of an afterlife. If y'all weren't so naive, I'd call you pathetic.