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2015-07-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Forget little green men -- aliens will look like humans, says Cambridge University evolution expert

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Posted by Fred 2015-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 My favorite theory is that aliens came & went between 200,000 and 1,000,000 years ago after genetically modifying some hairy fellas they met in Africa. Due to budget cuts at Galactic Central, they haven't been back.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-07-03 00:21|| 2015-07-03 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 But on the griping hand we got queens too, so who knows?

Posted by Shipman 2015-07-03 00:25|| 2015-07-03 00:25|| Front Page Top

#3 If the species has elbows we can complain about how pointy they are on the females, which is all we achieve with earth females anyway.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-07-03 00:42|| 2015-07-03 00:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, they might have been gone 200k-1m EARTH years, but that's relativistic now isn't it. They could have said, "Let's pop out for a tea and be back in 20."

Posted by Skidmark 2015-07-03 00:43|| 2015-07-03 00:43|| Front Page Top

#5 It is interesting to contemplate: What would the result look like, if ten consecutive generations of humans were born, raised, grew up, and then died - all in weightlessness? I'll wager that it would be a pretty strange looking result.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-07-03 02:00|| 2015-07-03 02:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Probably wouldn't be born, LR.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-07-03 05:02|| 2015-07-03 05:02|| Front Page Top

#7 My theory is that early humans were to lazy to be of any use and they didn't taste all that great so they moved on.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2015-07-03 06:28|| 2015-07-03 06:28|| Front Page Top

#8 What to Expect From Aliens When We Make First Contact [LINK]

Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-07-03 12:16|| 2015-07-03 12:16|| Front Page Top

#9 I thought they might be gaseous beings - like Joe Biden

Snark of the day.

Posted by Frank G 2015-07-03 13:01|| 2015-07-03 13:01|| Front Page Top

#10 humans interbreeding with humanoid aliens

Captain James T. Kirk. He'd do anything

Posted by Frank G 2015-07-03 13:02|| 2015-07-03 13:02|| Front Page Top

#11 How do you know that ant crawling across your floor is not an alien?

Posted by Pancho Chaper8401 2015-07-03 13:26|| 2015-07-03 13:26|| Front Page Top

#12 How do you know the ant isn't a government drone, spying on you?

Posted by Glenmore 2015-07-03 13:37|| 2015-07-03 13:37|| Front Page Top

#13 I bought we were an experiment conducted by Dolphins to get the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything...

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-07-03 13:50|| 2015-07-03 13:50|| Front Page Top

#14 I thought...

(iPad autocorrect...)

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-07-03 13:52|| 2015-07-03 13:52|| Front Page Top

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