We see reptilian men people in fiction, usually villains, emotion less, cold blooded, calculating cut throat evil and Ugly to boot 😊
Human imagination seems to think that If intelligent life( i.e humans :P ) evolved out of reptiles instead of mammals, that would be low life, much worse than us. Obviously we would think like that, self serving bias and all, but what does evidence suggest????
Which animals in the world right now are naturally moral?
Monogamy
Equal rights between male and female
Both partners take care of young
Big groups with no conflict - able to get along beautifully in close quarters in huge numbers
Big groups co-ordinate with out any apparent leader hierarchy and not even kin.
Who? Birds.
There are huger groups with matriarchal structures in insects, but those seem to be more automated. Also too far removed from us to actually understand correctly. There are scifi books about insectoid intelligent life with hive mind as well - Enders game. ... too out there for me to consider. so sticking to Dino vs Mammals.
So Birds are actually Dinos right? And Dinosaurs are actually reptiles right? When we studied evolution in school in 80s, We didn't know that birds were descended from dinosaurs and now that we know that .. wouldn't bird people be more beautiful, more egalitarian, warm blooded and much nicer people than us?? even tho they would probably have only 2 fingers like T rex :D ;-)
Did dinosaur extinction wipe off that nice possibility and we evolved from very hierarchical, male exploitative/competitive ( cant say male dominant, It seems to be huge number of females to small number of males. ) territorial, aggressive mammals?
Thoughts from Osterly park lake after I saw huge number of Australian geese fly off in beautiful formation .... Of course its not based on any science or study, its based on my subjective observation. Its pseudo science :D
Ps: Also Bird are kinda sexist but pro female way, look at the beauty requirements of male vs female Himalayan Monal :D
By Dibyendu Ash - This species Himalayan Monal (an adult female ♀) had been photographed at Tungnath, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, India on 14th June 2013 during the bird photography tour of GoingWild.Previously published: Yes, this file has been published in some other social networking sites, ornithology portals and biodiversity portals; I am yet to share this file with other portals and sites and it may be available in print media if required for future use., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34855825
Ps: Also Bird are kinda sexist but pro female way, look at the beauty requirements of male vs female Himalayan Monal :D
By AJIT HOTA - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57993244
