Man has evolved time and time again. From his hairy self to the less hairy self and with better thumbs. This was most probably because he didn’t need the hair after starting to live in caves and the discovery of fire might have also burnt off his body hair. He has also reduced in size due to living in very domesticated environments over a long time. He has made great discoveries along the way like medicine and technology that have made life much easier for him compared to the other animals. With his big brain man has proclaimed himself the greatest thing to ever happen to the universe and also the multi-universes. He has considered himself worthy in the presence of a deity. A deity we’re not sure of but truly believe in because it’s rational like Blaise Pascal suggests and because it also helps us sleep at night. Who can blame us after the hardships we sail through every day in this life?
Man is only great because of his brain and it makes him the greatest threat to himself only after the mosquito. It also makes him the greatest threat to all animal species and earth and life as we know it. He’s not any close as fast as the falcon or cheetah. His skin not any strong as those of the reptiles. His jaws not as strong as those of the shark. And despite the good brain he is probably the only animal I know that needs to be taught how to swim. It comes naturally to most animals. His technology in form of automobiles have claimed multiple lives in accidents. Not forgetting guns, nuclear weapons or a mere steak knife. His industrial setups have released emissions that have depleted the ozone and brought on us the fatal global warming. But green house gases are not the only thing out of industrial setups. Untreated chemical waste and solid waste get dropped in water bodies chocking the environment and chocking the animals that live in it to death. We have had green house gases everywhere. The cocktail of methane, carbondioxide and hydrogen sulphide from our bodies in form of farts is bad enough. Decomposition of natural organic matter (NOM) releases more of these gases. Advanced medicine has also brought to life treacherous pathogens all in the name of science and research.
But what if the tables were turned? And man had an average brain. Imagine if the male species didn’t have to take the females on a proper date to win them over but fight a fellow male till one yields or even dies. Some of us would most definitely never get laid in a world where only the strongest survive. Fleshy behinds and chests would be flashed by the female species to attract mates and those lacking in these would be at the back of the queue. And how would man uniquely initiate the mating? Would we knock knock against the female like tortoises knock shells till she gives it up? Would we offer her a beautiful rock like the penguins do? Or would we have to smear ourselves in our own urine to invite the females like bison do? Or would we have to offer her food till she fills up and gives it up like the red-bearded bee eater? The food part would most definitely be it. It's currently working.
The food situation wouldn’t be cute at all. Going days without food and then having to hunt for it with all your strength left instead of just walking into a restaurant and ordering food. The wilderness is a bullying ground and we’d most times have our hard earned lunch taken from us by the bullies. That’s if the bullies don’t want us for lunch instead.
One thing is for sure. Our world would survive with everything occurring naturally. Killing for food not recreation. Pass natural waste into the environment that you can trace forward to your future food. Natural medicine from plants would be effective. We wouldn't need to find another planet as we kill this one. This one would be well alive and sustain us enough.
Originally posted on my site at https://twesije.wordpress.com/2018/07/16/our-world/?preview=true