Other evolutions

I do not know whether this is a scientifically valid hypothesis, but it seems reasonable to me that if it were possible to restart evolution – perhaps starting from the common ancestor of all present-day living species – the outcome would be substantially different.
Perhaps, due to the phenomenon known as evolutionary convergence, there would be living species resembling the present ones. Such similarities, however, would only be external.

Apparently, deliberately imprinted handprints can be found all over the world. The oldest traces of this practice are tens of thousands of years old and it seems that even Neanderthals made them. Assuming, however, to restart evolution…

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