Convergent Evolution: Would Aliens Really Look Like Us?

Dive into the intriguing world of alien evolution! From convergent evolution to the basics of extraterrestrial anatomy, explore the possibilities of intelligent life and how it may differ or surprisingly resemble us.

[YoungGandalf]

Awww, Simon didn't even mention alien reproductive anatomy. I need to know...for science and stuff.

[SFELNMOD]

I think the alien abduction stories are hilarious, because that's the kind of thing we would do if we were visiting an alien planet. I believe some day there will be true stories of alien abduction, told on other planets, about humans.

[DMTrance]

That drawing at the very end is hilarious! The visuals and sight gags are always great on this channel.

[ignitionfrn]

1:15 - Chapter 1 - The basics of evolution
3:25 - Chapter 2 - Convergent evolution
7:50 - Chapter 3 - What to expect when you're expecting
16:30 - Wrap up

[afoolandhismoneychannel]

There's an entire species of aliens already on Earth broadcasting online under the alias of Simon Whistler. The Simon Whistler aliens are so numerous that they appear on nearly half of all YouTube channels. #fact

[DiceDecides]

"trees evolving to exploit ant labor a dozen times!"

man I love the writing in these xD

[jorgelotr]

4:28 and to make things even better, cephalopod eyes and vertebrate eyes have independently come to (almost) the exact same anatomy (the only difference is that cephalopods don't have a blind spot because theit optical nerve start behind the retina, instead of from the interior of the eye like in vertebrates).

[yajiewang]

10:19 "This might be what you'd refer to as your head" 😉 Brilliant Simon

[badluck]

According to Star Trek, Star Wars, and Mass Effect, convergent evolution demands female aliens to be beautiful women with big breasts.

[JasonMazerolle-si]

I'm subscribed to a lot of Simon's channels and I think this is my favorite episode

[balazsvarga]

I would bring up spiders and eyes.

Some spiders have 2 big eyes and a few smaller ones.

So a few additional, smaller but less developed eyes may occur if the environment is conductive for that.

[claraphillips]

I understand that cooking made a larger difference than hunting. Imagine if elephants started cooking grains on a fire, farming with their trunk and tusks.

[spamviking]

Honestly, they’d probably look like crabs.

[klocugh]

Electric eel disagrees on not being able to harness power of electricity underwater.

[sethhavens]

Simon wildly speculating, shock! 😮😂👍 nice work as always

[zlshmzh]

My favorite aliens (because they DON'T look like humans) are The Old Ones from H.P. Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", the Tripeds from Damon Knight's "Rule Golden", and the Martians from H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds".

[shadw]

Speculative biology is great for imagining what aliens could actually look like

[dcsobral]

I just reread one of my favorite books, Hellspark. The plot of the book focus on non verbal communication, with the somewhat obvious plot twist being that intelligent aliens on a planet where thunderstorms are very common and very long developed language that doesn't rely on sound. I find this kind of speculation fascinating, but I'm more intrigued by the fact that none of the previous mass extinctions led to a successful intelligent species developing in the aftermath.

[ThePhysicalReaction]

Yes, of course they would. - I'm a crab

[Cobbido]

5:00 don't forget the "dolphin shaped" reptiles, ichthyosaurs