It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If this is the only planet on which not only life, but intelligent life, has arisen, that would be very unusual.
Evolution is a constant state. You evolve and become comfortable in situations in which you might have felt alien in the past.
Imagine if the dinosaurs had tried picturing the rulers of their planet 100 million years hence. They'd undoubtedly envision these creatures as... dinosaurs! Conceiving of aliens as polished versions of ourselves is appealing, but unconvincing.
Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.
Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.
We all come from our own little planets. That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.
I always felt that if we ever encountered an alien species, they wouldn't look like us or even be humanoid, like 'E.T.'
Natural selection is not evolution.
Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
The study of evolution is an evolution in itself.
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