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of other members of the species. In fact, intelligence among most species would be the norm, and since communication is a crucial element to coordination, most species would have been able to develop some kind of a language at a very early stage of their evolution. Weather conditions on earth give no reason for any species to trade off so much of its physical or physiological faculties for more brain power. An evolution of this sort does not take place under any circumstances known to any terrestrials. You don’t spend millions of years preparing to fight off predators by developing a strong body just to turn into a weaker species. Similarly speaking, you don’t shed a coat that has protected you for millions of years from the ravages of the elements in favour of a useless one, unless, of course, you have acquired the brain power that is going to compensate for the physical loss. The size of the brain has not changed at all ever since the first human appeared on this planet. The demand of survival as a hunter or food gatherer does not require a large brain similar to the one early humans possessed. Clearly for the brain to become larger there had to be a need for more brain power. This only happens when the brain starts to deal with more complex issues other than hunting and food gathering. The fact that the first earthly humans had a much larger brain than needed, and the fact that even now we only utilize on average about 20% of our brain power, lead me to say that any theory linking us to a species that had originated and evolved on earth cannot be convincing. Furthermore, an assumption as such leaves us with too many unanswered questions. First of all, the tools used by early humans on this planet did not require the development of the agile fingers we have. This contradicts what evolution is all about; this is somewhat similar to what I argued about with respect to the brain. The theory of evolution either applies for all aspects of the human evolution or should be discarded altogether as a farce. Secondly, why does it take us so long to become strong enough to live on our own? Could it be because of our brain? Can our brain only grow at a slow pace or are there other factors involved? Yes, our brain is our greatest asset; however, many of us could be long gone before it is fully developed. This kind of evolution clearly seems to be self-defeating and I for one fail to understand the logic of it taking place on earth and it is for this reason that I am going to venture by stating that the fact that it takes our brain all this time to fully develop is the perfect proof that our species did not evolve on this planet. Yet, things could have been much different on another planet. For instance, on such planet the only challenge would have been the climate, children would be kept in a controlled and protected quarters for a long time. How ironic, as beautiful as this planet is, our juveniles are not safe on their own. It almost seems unnatural for us to leave them in the care of someone else, let alone in the open. In fact anytime left in the open on their own or even in the care of parents, safety becomes a serious issue. Chimps on the other hand are by far better adapted at dealing with threats and danger. To begin with, their offspring mature much quicker than ours. Secondly, the way newborns are raised allow parents to keep them protected all the time. Until they are strong enough on their own, baby chimps seem to be glued to their mothers. Not only did our distant ancestors, the ones who struggled to survive the harsh climate of a faraway planet, need a larger brain at the latter stage of their evolution, it is almost certain that they were acquiring such a brain from the beginning of their primitive existence as tiny insects if not right from the time evolutionary biology was born. Think of it this way, the law of survival would never allow any species to take this long to evolve - notwithstanding the fact of how weak we are compared to other species when it comes to physical strength. This observation can be supported by the fact that no other species on this planet remotely takes the time we need to develop as adults - if we ever do. This leads me to conclude that our species had to be the dominant apex predator long before it evolved into mammals. Which means it was able to communicate and be self-aware at the stage of insect which in turns translates into starting to develop a larger brain at this stage as well. (Most biologists believe mammals had evolved from a different branch than insect, but if even on occasion, we behave and act like insects - collectively and individually - we ought to be connected to insects). At any rate, if we had evolved on this planet how did we end up putting ourselves at such a disadvantage? It takes a woman at least fourteen years to become able of bearing children. Our chances of surviving on our own in the wild are very slim even when we reach adulthood. Still, there are more indications to prove that biological evolution does not work this way. There aren't any other species that take so long to fully develop. A wild dog is able to hunt with the pack in one year, as things stand at the present time, none of us can survive on his or her own. Moreover, it takes us twenty years to make a significant contribution to society, worse yet, some of us never do, and actually stay a burden on the species for their entire life. There are no primates on this planet that require more than five years to fully develop. Which brings me to ask Darwinists how could this be, is it not that evolution is supposed to make us stronger? What kind of an evolution is this? Are we not the only exception? Not only did we acquire this large brain on a different planet, but the way this apparatus happens to operate is a clear indication that the species responsible for its development had no predators. Even if one was to dismiss all the previous arguments, our sleeping patterns must say something about our uniqueness, if not about our alien origin. Of all species, or at least of all mammals, we happen to be the only one that is most vulnerable when asleep. Horses, cows, lions, chimps…you name it, stay alert and will sense danger long before it becomes eminent even while they are resting. Their brain is trained to stay alert to predatory attacks while busy processing data which happens to be the time it orders the body to go numb or asleep. The brain never sleeps and is considered to be a very complex apparatus because it is able to perform too many tasks at the same time. The question here is why our brain, despite its huge capacity, is lacking in this respect? Here is in a nut shell why our brain would have been different if we had evolved on this planet. As powerful as our brain is, it does not have the capacity to keep working on things such as observing, analyzing, planning, coordinating, delegating, communicating…the list is very long, while checking on the physical health of the body including every microscopic gene which is a crucial task for a good reason: without a healthy body the brain will not be able to stay alive. I suppose the ancient Greeks knew all along about the importance of this synergy, they even coined the phrase “healthy body, healthy brain”. As it so happens, despite a simpler and less powerful brain, other mammals are able to stay alert at all times, we are not. Had we evolved on this planet, we would have developed a similar brain that is compelled to stay alert at all-time regardless of any operation it is in the process of conducting. Need or the lack of it must be the only reason we ended up with a brain that does not watch out for danger when processing anatomical information. As one can clearly deduce, our brain is not adequate for the planet earth. It must have evolved on a planet where all our predators have either been destroyed or vanished. These conditions have never been known to exist on earth. In fact, despite all the progress we made, we are still most vulnerable during our sleep. Not convinced? Just observe how cats and dogs, possibly other pets as well, stay alert during the night. They even sense movements and actions taking place hundreds of meters away.
These are some of the reasons why I happen to be opposed to the theory connecting us to apes. But more to the point, how about our communicative skills and how long did it take us to develop them? Is it a million years or a billion, or is it a mere thousand? More importantly, how can anyone explain the fact that all of us learn a particular language on their own? According to Norm Chomsky, humans learn to speak and form grammatically correct sentences on their own; their brains seem to be hard-wired for acquiring this knowledge. The fact that at one time humanity acquired tens of thousands of languages, prove this theory. Yet, all these years, no one bothered looking at this phenomenon from an evolutionary perspective. To me, this goes to prove that our species is much older than we had ever speculated, which in turn would lend credence to my theory about having an alien origin. Think of it this way, according to recent statistics, there were over seventy thousand languages in the world, there were much more a century ago. So much more, where one would be correct to conclude that humans are not only able to learn a particular language on their own, but more importantly, they are able of inventing their own language. This ability requires billions of years to perfect, even if one is to agree with modern paleontologists, our presence on earth goes back no more than couple million years. The fact that no other species has been able to develop a complex language like ours must say something about our unique evolution. And if this was not enough to prove how flawed the concept of a primate origin is, we also
