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abiogenesis
MemberOvomorphMay 18, 2012So, those star maps that Shaw & Holloway find at ancient sites on Earth, how do we explain them?
Did ancient peoples have contact with the Engineer/SJ race?
Did they witness an event in that part of the sky? (SJ console launching something nasty their way? Maybe an extinction event?)
Are they some kind of "genetic memory" of where all life on earth comes from? (42!)
Were the star maps fakes -- planted by Weyland to justify the Prometheus Project for whatever reason? (And if so, why??)
Did the individual SJ we actually see in Prometheus travel back in time somehow to "bring fire" to these ancient peoples, pointing the way toward his/her "home" planet? Is that the deal with the blue guy in the stream/waterfall on an apparently empty planet?
Did the Engineers/SJs land on Earth early in its history, remain there until life evolved to a certain point (namely, intelligent humanoids at the dawn of civilization), perhaps directing said evolution, and then communicate with their "children"?
Why provide the star maps, anyway? Why an "invitation"? When Shaw says, "We were wrong," is she saying that the invites were really a warning? Or something more complex?