It was not switching from night and day, but from season to season. It was the solstices that we saw each time. I have no idea what year it was... but it probably wasn't less than what you are guessing.
Yes, I do think the human looked evolved and exactly how I always thought they'd evolve. I don't know why you think humans would get smaller as they consistently kept getting taller and bigger throughout history. Basically through the abundance of food (agriculture, breeding and then research science helped tremendously), that keep on feeding infants with sufficient and better nutrients for optimal growth and development. I don't see this tendency reversing.. except if, for whatever reason, we end up being unable to provide the species with the optimal abundance of food and essential nutrients.
When you talk about the 21st century humans.. you mean the survivors at the end of the movie? If so, I think they were probably allowed to live among the rest of the more evolved humans but under supervision, of course. When the girl (can't recall which one) says, smiling to Furby, that they are pretty popular, it suggests that they are the object of curiosity and probably study too but in "cool and relaxed" way. That's how I see it at least.
You speak about people from the Ice Age having trouble to function today. That's true. The 21st century humans will probably have a lot to learn in order to function on Mars with the more evolved humans. But just as it may be possible (I guess) to communicate with cave men through signs and patience, it will probably be the same here. Maybe even a little easier since 21st century humans can easily learn and express languages verbally.
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CoreyHaimFan (1031)
4 years ago
The idea that humans will become smaller and weaker is due to the fact we are becoming less muscular and more sedentary.
Kinda related to the idea that the "Grey" aliens we are familiar with are just humans 100,000 years evolved.
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4 years ago
Hm... ok I get the idea. I'm not too sure about it though. Sedentary people don't tend to get smaller. Au contraire. But maybe one day we'll get to one point where the permanent sedentary lifestyle will make us reach a plateau and we'll then start shrinking. We'll just have to wait and see I guess (if we still exist at that point).
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CoreyHaimFan (1031)
4 years ago
Sedentary people lose muscle mass. I wasn't referring to people that overeat. And I would think in 100,000 years if humans even exist that obesity would no longer exist.
But then again if we can genetically mutate ourselves to the point of having perfect bodies I can definitely plenty of men choosing to be as tall as possible (I would say they are 8-9 feet tall in this movie) and as built as possible.
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HAL9000 (935)
4 years ago
yeah i guess we will at some point in the (near) future begin to genetically modify ourselves and gain "superbodies" with incredible speed and strenght. itll probably start in sports and then become available to the masses. I kinda doubt one would want to become extremly tall though, since it just eats more space and energy.
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