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Talk:On the Origin of Species: Mew (view source)
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:Legendaries are a more complicated idea. Arceus, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina almost definitely came before Mew. It would seem Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza also pre-dated Mew. The possible reasoning behind (most) legendaries inability to breed might be because they were never meant to. Arceus created them during the formation of the Pokémon world to be solitary assistants in creating it or protecting it once it was finished. Perhaps the Pokédex is wrong and Mew is the origin of a majority of Pokémon, linking all that can breed with Ditto, but this is all speculation of course.-[[User:N-Pie|N-Pie]] 09:34, 5 October 2010 (UTC) | :Legendaries are a more complicated idea. Arceus, Dialga, Palkia and Giratina almost definitely came before Mew. It would seem Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza also pre-dated Mew. The possible reasoning behind (most) legendaries inability to breed might be because they were never meant to. Arceus created them during the formation of the Pokémon world to be solitary assistants in creating it or protecting it once it was finished. Perhaps the Pokédex is wrong and Mew is the origin of a majority of Pokémon, linking all that can breed with Ditto, but this is all speculation of course.-[[User:N-Pie|N-Pie]] 09:34, 5 October 2010 (UTC) | ||
::By the real-world definition of the term "species" - Animals are considered to be different species when they aren't genetically compatible with each other - you could indeed class most Pokemon as members of a single, super-diverse species. The closest thing we have in reality to this is dogs: They can be very different, and yet they can all breed with each other. | ::By the real-world definition of the term "species" - Animals are considered to be different species when they aren't genetically compatible with each other - you could indeed class most Pokemon as members of a single, super-diverse species. The closest thing we have in reality to this is dogs: They can be very different, and yet they can all breed with each other. | ||
::However, when referring to Pokemon, we mostly use the word "species" to mean individual Pokemon. Even though the actual in-game definition of "species" is even more spurious (it refers to those useless classifications, like "Mouse Pokemon"). [[User:George Hutcheon|George Hutcheon]] 17:08, 5 October 2010 (UTC) | ::However, when referring to Pokemon, we mostly use the word "species" to mean individual Pokemon. Even though the actual in-game definition of "species" is even more spurious (it refers to those useless classifications, like "Mouse Pokemon"). [[User:George Hutcheon|George Hutcheon]] 17:08, 5 October 2010 (UTC) | ||
::Arceus being the ultimate creator, I think, is more myth than history in the Pokemon universe. It seems are more plausible that people in Sinnoh observed Palkia and Dialga's influences on time and space, and came to believe (erroneously) that they were the creators of Time and Space. And then, when they observed at Sinjoh (before it became a Ruins) that Arceus was able to "create" Palkia and Dialga, they concluded that Arceus is the ultimate creator of the universe. I'd also suggest that the involvement of the Unown in this creation process also suggests that the Sinnoh religion isn't entirely accurate. Given this, I think it's reasonable to suggest that Mew came before Arceus, etc. [[User:Aielyn|Aielyn]] 03:06, 6 October 2010 (UTC) | |||
==Evolution in the Pokémon world might be predetermined in Mew's DNA== | ==Evolution in the Pokémon world might be predetermined in Mew's DNA== | ||