Black spores:Indigenous or created

definitely a good theory. gna be interesting to see how ridley ties everything up but as long as we get a fitting account of what happened ill be happy, well happy-ish depending on the outcome haha

not shooting down ur theory caryn, its def a plausible theory for what happened, but the mural just popped into my head. it depicts the egg I believe. could be 2 different sub-species of the original organism?

 The mural in Prometheus ali81?Do we have a picture to work with?

I don't have a pic but ill try to get one. its the mural that's in the giant head/ vase room I believe

not clear in this one but I believe there r eggs at the bottom of the mural

The eggs themselves could come from DNA inside the urns, so I'm definitely going with a theory of different types/subtypes evolving on the planet.  The Eggs in the mural would predate the Urns, and it becomes the ultimate goal to re-create them.

All I really want is an explanation that accounts for all the data. That's what'll make me happy too lol. My theory about Shaw's carbon reader giving inaccurate dates is just one possible way of David being involved with the original Derelict crash.

Like many other fans, I'm against time travel being used to explain anything in the ALIEN series.  I'm unsure if they'll still want the planetoid to be revealed as LV-426.  Originally, the studio wanted one of the planets in the untitled prequels to be revealed as it.  There could be other ways of connecting it all, since "Gods don't build in straight lines."  The creators of the series might have made it even less straightforward by approaching things the "back way" when introducing us to the parallel lines of DNA evolving on this planet.  We'd learn that both types of the creature are evolving towards perfection.

Big things usually have small beginnings; however, David has learned that it really depends which planet you're on.  Smaller things can sometimes have big beginnings, because the conditions in the environment may favour, or make it necessary, for the smaller types to emerge. The Neomorph might continue with its unique method of implanting the spores, since being that small allows the creature to easily bypass human defenses.  The facehugger, on the other hand, is adapting to the size of the Engineers/humans and developing finger-like digits (and opposable thumbs), which it uses to manipulate its environment to a greater extent.    

I've never seen the mural quite like that ali81,thank you.Outstanding theory CarynDelacroix,you can post thread with that one.

I stole it from one of the threads for quickness. id never seen it like that before either and tbh first few times I watched Prometheus I completely missed 90% of the mural. I caught the top half but missed the engineers and huggers. seems to me the mural will be very old

I'll try to locate some of my old posts to add to the theory later.

I've been out of the loop for a while because I lost the email that was attached to my old account (my earlier posts were as CarynParnall).  I still believe there's more hard science to it than we know involving ideas about hybrid evolution.  It turns out that Daniels is in charge of "gardening" instead of security.

I would def go with more to come involving the creation of different forms of species in the xeno world. yea I guessed daniels wouldn't be security or anything like that, shel have something to do with terraforming or on food detail

Daniels i believe will possibly be an engineer(no not that kind lol)a more passive role like Ripley.In Prometheus they don't give you the best angle of the mural,just enough to recognize the Xenomorph/deacon.

That's pretty unfortunate CarynDelacroix,i was leaning towards you being new but I take it you're a bit of a vet?

nin, ali - it's for you, hi res, copy and study:   :)

cracker ati

Wow.Looks like authentic Giger,thank you Ati.

Messing :)

Some people think there's a human face hidden in it. Or the face of Satan... (Not my op. :)  - just a piece of info...)

Never heard that one.Interesting....

neither had I, did anyone point out where abouts they see it?

Haha yeah, I'm a little bit of a vet ninXeno426. I've been trying to keep up with all the new info and theories when I can.  

There was an influx of new users after the trailer dropped, so I'm trying to see if maybe BigDave or someone else has already touched on why hermaphroditic species (such as plants, worms) must engage in a bizarre form of double-mating.  They need to interbreed so that they're not just producing clones of the "parent plant."