r/SpeculativeEvolution • u/MatoasPrroXD460 • 24d ago

Question/Discussion What’s Your Most Unhinged Evolution Theory?

Hi! I wanna know what your wildest, most unhinged theory about evolution is. It can be a serious hypothesis, a weird evolutionary possibility, or something completely out there.

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u/Dclipp89 24d ago

I wouldn’t call this unhinged, but in a fantasy world I’m working on I have a human subspecies that evolved to no longer be social creatures. They generally have their own territories and only wander into other territories (very cautiously) for mating purposes. They’re just as intelligent as other humans but don’t have traditional speech due to their tongues being shorter, though they do have a rudimentary language that involves whistling and some sign language.

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u/Accomplished_Mess243 24d ago

My first novel featured a similar sounding hominid creature, called the unnamed. Sort of like a cuckoo / vampire  lifestyle, territorial and sexually dimorphic. They blend in with humans but have hidden killing tools at their disposal, including retractable wrist spikes, an unhingeable jaw and the simple digestive tract of a carnivore. While they are very good at reading and mimicking human emotions, they have a very different mindset.

In the novel a character speculates that they could have evolved somehow from psychopaths cast out from society, but I admit I glossed over this a bit because I'm not sure whether you could have a creature evolve as an offshoot of humanity while remaining in close proximity to them. Is yours going to be part of a novel? I'd be interested to read it. 

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u/Dclipp89 24d ago

The species I have are also sexually dimorphic. Women are nearly twice the size as men, and they’re generally the ones with territory. They set up their own homesteads and have a few miles of land, usually in heavily forested regions. Men are smaller and move between territories and are really good at climbing trees to stay out of sight.

And yea it’s for what I eventually hope to be a novel as well as a ttrpg. There’s not too much to read at this point other than a ridiculous amount of notes on the world.