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The book ends by examining the question of whether humanity is a parochial Earth-centric concept, or whether intelligent alien life should also be considered human. The book draws on the work of paleontologist Simon Conway Morris on convergent evolution, [9] and on Universal Darwinism, popularised by Richard Dawkins. [10]
Due to horizontal gene transfer during the gestation period, the Alien also takes on some of the basic physical attributes of the host from which it was born (something noticed by Ripley in Alien 3, when the xenomorph plaguing the complex moved on four limbs, having gestated within a Quadruped; a dog in the theatrical release, and an ox in the ...
Grey-skinned (sometimes green-skinned) humanoids, usually 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, hairless, with large heads, black almond-shaped eyes, nostrils without a nose, slits for mouths, no ears and 3–4 fingers including thumb. Greys have been the predominant extraterrestrial beings of alleged alien contact since the 1960s. [5] Hopkinsville goblin [6] [7] [8]
The zoologist Sam Levin points out that aliens might indeed tend to resemble humans, driven by natural selection. [62] Luis Villazon points out that animals that move necessarily have a front and a back; as with bilaterian animals on Earth, sense organs tend to gather at the front as they encounter stimuli there, forming a head. Legs reduce ...
His theory becomes accepted as all over the world, packs of animals are entering densely populated cities and killing humans en masse. He is recruited by the US president to research the cause but before he and his team of scientists can find an answer, the president's daughter is killed by their dog and the military launches strikes against ...
Ceti eel - creature in the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, invading the human brain [2] Chimera Anima - blob-shaped parasitic aliens in manga Tokyo Mew Mew, infecting animals and changing them into monsters
Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials (1979; second edition 1987) is a science fiction-themed book by artist Wayne Barlowe, with Ian Summers and Beth Meacham (who provided the text). It contains Barlowe's visualizations of different extraterrestrial life forms from various works of science fiction, with information on their planetary location or ...
In South Asian and Southeast Asian mythology, the Nāga are semi-divine creatures which are half-human and half-snakes. [1] Claims of sightings of reptilian creatures occur in Southern United States, where swamps are common. In the late 1980s, there were hundreds of supposed sightings of a "Lizard Man" in Bishopville, South Carolina. [2]