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What if the Homo genus never existed? That is, nothing evolved from the Hominini tribe other than the Pan genus (chimpanzees). What would the world look like in 2008? What would the climate be like? What would the wildlife be like? The original POD could be somewhat ASB, as it is somewhat unlikely that Homo doesn't arise out of the great apes, a family packed with physiological potential for sentience. In fact, in this timeline, nothing evolves to fit Homo's niche... it just doesn't happen, according to whatever cosmic happenstance. So no creating 'alt-chimpanzees' that fit Mankind's role.
I would really like to focus on what the wildlife is like in this human-less 2008, as well as general ecosystems.
Will this title become an opportunity for a joke? Perhaps. But at least I piqued interest and got a few people to position their cursor over the title that wouldn't have ordinarily. Hmmm... (What if I had titled this thread "What if Humans never Evolved?" Another timeline I'll be doing soon )