what would happen if humans and other great apes go extinct?

[Protoss Dragoon]

dual scenario, humans and other great apes (gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and gibbons) have all died out. what happens to the earth and everything else??

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[Darryl McKoy]

Who are you calling an ape buddy? I was created by the hand of god

[Mega-Bear]

primates btfo reptilians own this planet now

[Gamefandan]

Call me weird, I don’t care: Aliens will come back and try to splice some new intelligent life. Now if you don’t subscribe to some form of alien theory, as I’m sure most here don’t: all buildings will eventually crumble and animals might get bigger given a couple million years.

[thegoodperry]

higher life really should go extinct. bacteria is basically the superior species in every way and in the case of some catastrophic event bacteria and stuff will basically always survive. who knows they might even be able to survive a big crunch at some point

it would also probably explain the origin of life because if theres a species of bacteria that can survive like the birth of the universe than it could basically live indefinitely

[Mardalf]

Who are you calling an ape buddy? I was created by the hand of god

[Super Suit 12]

who knows they might even be able to survive a big crunch at some point

if I understand correctly, unless the expansion of space stops accelerating there won't be any such thing; eventually galaxies will move away from eachother due to this expansion so fast even light will never be able to travel between them, and after a really forgetIN UNBELIEVABLY long time, all particles will just be isolated by the expansion of space and never be able to come close enough to form matter
even if the expansion of space does stop accelerating or whatever is necessary with the whole expansion thing (i'm not quite clear on whether it needs to stop or stop accelerating) and there is a big crunch, nothing living can survive those pressures, not even atoms can survive that IIRC

also that post sounds like something from a terrorist organization in the book I'm reading except even more extreme so I'm going to assume you're joking with at least the first part

[Figure]

i'd

[Electrk..]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN25ghkfgQA

[thegoodperry]

if I understand correctly, unless the expansion of space stops accelerating there won't be any such thing; eventually galaxies will move away from eachother due to this expansion so fast even light will never be able to travel between them, and after a really forgetIN UNBELIEVABLY long time, all particles will just be isolated by the expansion of space and never be able to come close enough to form matter
even if the expansion of space does stop accelerating or whatever is necessary with the whole expansion thing (i'm not quite clear on whether it needs to stop or stop accelerating) and there is a big crunch, nothing living can survive those pressures, not even atoms can survive that IIRC

holy stuff contain your autism. this whole tangent on the big freeze was entirely unnecessary and unwarranted across all boards. nobody needed this trivia lesson on the fate of the universe, that's an entirely different conversation

also that post sounds like something from a terrorist organization in the book I'm reading except even more extreme so I'm going to assume you're joking with at least the first part

im dead serious. bacteria is superior to higher life in every way.

[NotBomberguy]

who knows they might even be able to survive a big crunch at some point

what brother

[thegoodperry]

what brother

ok maybe they cant survive like the most extreme event in the universe but they could survive extreme temperatures. in the case of some catastrophic event that could wipe out most of life, bacteria is like the safest information-carrying storage bank on this planet.

[TheABELBOTO]

I know I'm great but i'm no monkey, padre

[Super Suit 12]

learning is fun and you're the one who brought up the end of the universe

[thegoodperry]

learning is fun and you're the one who brought up the end of the universe

i brought it up but what you brought up has no relevance to the discussion at hand

either way a big freeze wouldn't make sense because the big bang itself is contradictory to it. a singular point with infinite density and energy just coming into existence out of nowhere isn't physically sound. in order for the big bang to exist there had to have been a big crunch before it