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Since the gravity is so different on Mars, I assume eventually born-Martians will evolve differently from earthlings. They'll be taller and thinner and require
by mallory854 1mo ago
Since the gravity is so different on Mars, I assume eventually born-Martians will evolve differently from earthlings. They'll be taller and thinner and require less oxygen. One day, when earthlings and Martians mate, there's going to be a new species. How cool is that?
- altern8 1mo agoWhy would anyone want to move to Mars? It's like moving to a desert.
- redeeman 1mo agoyeah, we certainly have no examples of people moving to deserts on this planet, and even considering it a very attractive place to live :)
- altern8 1mo agoI mean... Not that many. I've watched a few documentaries and there are barely a handful of houses let's say in Death Valley. And Death Valley is a lot more hospitable than Mars. To each their own, though, sure!
- general1465 1mo agoWell, frozen deserts like Northern Canada, Alaska or Siberia are not getting all hyped up and people often times are trying to get out from there even that it is almost not possible - see i.e. Norilsk Mars with its -80 degC is much harsher desert than dirty industrial towns of Siberia.
- ramses0 1mo ago"The Expanse" (or: "Leviathan Wakes" by James S. A. Corey). They talk about "living at the bottom of the well" within our solar system (gravity well, that is). Mars effectively "divorces" from Earth (no kings / 1776, plus they need to be 100% self-sufficient), casually called "Dusters" presumably due to the Martian dust. People working on the asteroid-based bases (in our "Asteroid Belt") are called "Belters". Then also read: "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Heinlein, where humanity colonizes "Luna" and have "Loonies" for relatively obvious reasons. Both books delve a bit into the physiological changes but also the socio-political ramifications of humanity in space, and both are _excellent_ reads!
- ncr100 1mo ago"Eventually" might be several million years though, and a lot of death in between. In evolutionary theory is there a term for plateaus of differentiation?
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