For those who believe in evolution?

[Quixfire]

Please explain how the Klingons could have evolved so much in such a small amount of time.

Here is a picture of the early Klingons when Kirk first encountered them. Notice the lack of ridges on their foreheads and they all have goatees.

Now a few years later they have developed ridges on their foreheads and bushy eyebrows.
Klingons 2

Even a few more years later they have even more pronounced ridges on their foreheads.
Klingon 3

I just don?t understand how species could have so much change in their physical appearance in less than a couple of hundred years without the influence of a higher power.

 

[dighn]

it's artificial

 

[cpals]

I believe it was something they drank that made them progress like that.

 

[Jzero]

You have stumbled upon the truth - Gene Roddenberry was the second coming of the Messiah.

 

[Czar]

god got a bigger budget

 

[Fausto]

Hehe......you have TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS.



The big question: will this devolve into a flamewar even though the OP was of a strictly humorous nature? [NatureDocumentaryVoiceOver] "Let's sit back and watch the wild nerds interact and determine who the e-Alpha-Male really is, shall we?" [/NatureDocumentaryVoiceOver]

 

[Amused]

The evolution of Klingons was a result of an increase in effects budgets.

 

[cpals]

Wow, four lifer replies in a row... must be a record.

 

[Doggiedog]

You dumb@ss! Didn't you watch the DS9 when Cisco went back in time to the Tribles episode of the original Star Trek?

Worf specifically stated not to ask. It was an embarassing time in Klingon history.

 

[Azraele]

They're a totally different species from a different universe. It's feasible that they have an accelerated rate of evolution.

 

[0roo0roo]

they were white once!! Shakespearean actor white!!

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: cpals
Wow, four lifer replies in a row... must be a record.

[LiferReflex]"STFU n00b!!":|[/LiferReflex]

 

[rudder]

Its called radiation poisoning. They used cheap domes on thier homeworld to save money.

 

[Goosemaster]

d'em Klignonians took somer "interest" in d'em Reality shows....interest exponentially greater than our own.

The constant exposure to such vile filth genetically mutated them in these walking ragaholics...

DAMN YOU RAGEAHOL!

 

[Kadarin]

"We do not discuss it with outsiders." - Worf, from DS9's season 5 episode "Trials and Tribble-ations"..

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: rudder
Its called radiation poisoning. They used cheap domes on thier homeworld to save money.

<Total Recall tie-in> Bad air. </Total Recall tie-in>

 

[element]

I don't know let's repeatedly bash you in the face with a crowbar and see how long it takes you to develop ridges.

 

[Rogue]

The Klingons shown were actually Captain Kirk's bastard love children from a previous mission, so they took on a more human appearance. Because of their toned down "alien" look, they were selected as ambassadors to the Federation.

 

[K1052]

Kirk and Riker are the sluts of the Star Trek universe.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Its easy enough to form a hypothesis, but I will need 15 klingons and 3 atot'ers to test it out.

 

[Ogg]

Punctuated Equilibrium!

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: Rogue
The Klingons shown were actually Captain Kirk's bastard love children from a previous mission, so they took on a more human appearance. Because of their toned down "alien" look, they were selected as ambassadors to the Federation.

Could I have a link to that info.

The truth finally comes out about the beer gut stud muffin

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
they were white once!! Shakespearean actor white!!

OMG! Don't tell me the Mormons got to the Klingon homeworld too! :Q

 

[samgau]

The ridges are actually the habitats of these worms they constantly eat....

 

[ScoobMaster]

I thought everyone knew this:

It was caused by a virus introduced by the tribble infestation.