When we become bird people, we will grow wings to fly, build tree houses, lay eggs, raise children together and can stop eating chicken.
You may have heard that crows are very intelligent, but would you believe they have a lot in common with humans?
Although crows have no arms, their beak allows them to grip objects with great precision, and their forward-facing eyes give them better depth perception. These two characteristics, along with opposite claws, give crows the ability to make tools and build in their rudimentary form.
They are also capable of reasoning and abstract thinking. In fact, they are as intelligent as humans were 2 million years ago. So maybe if things turned out a little differently, would we become bird people?
Being half-human, half-bird requires trade-offs.
First, do you have intelligence or can fly?
The mode of reproduction will dramatically change the structure of our society. (Illustration).
The brain requires a lot of energy to function throughout the day. The average person needs at least 1300 calories a day to survive, and your brain burns about 20% of these calories just thinking.
Although some birds are more intelligent than others, most of their energy is spent in flight.
Tittles eat 35% of their body weight each day. For a person weighing 68kg, that’s the equivalent of 600 oat bars. As a result, the birdman population will require more food.
Consumption of meat, nuts and dairy products will increase as a result of high calorie foods. This can put so much pressure on food that we may have to give up flying.
Suppose, like crows and birds, early dinosaurs, we evolved with opposite claws. We can start making tools to improve the quality of life. But if we rely on tool making, the need to fly will be less because our infrastructure is on the ground. Our claws will evolve and increase in function. Even if we don’t lose our wings, we won’t really use them.
Birdman can fly over short distances. This is not exciting but real flying, but at least it increases the need to eat.
Regarding egg laying, do we spawn like that? Yes, we will give birth like that.
The mode of reproduction will dramatically change the structure of our society. When the eggs hatch, young birds often attach themselves to the first moving object they see. It could be the mother bird, or any other bird flying by.
In a bird-man society, collective parenting is sure to become commonplace, the division of labor will include the role of babysitting and gathering food.
Egg laying limits mobility for bird people, we may not be inclined to go too far from the nest. Ultimately, our ability to fly will be limited and we will be smaller than humans today. We will have to compete with more predators.
For example, for bird people, keeping a pet cat may not seem like a good idea. We can build treehouses as a way to protect ourselves. That forces us to be more environmentally conscious, because environmental sustainability depends on maintaining healthy forests.
Due to the greater threat from predators, we would feel safer around the house instead of going out hunting, so our communities depend heavily on agriculture, especially the wild species. Protein-rich seeds. This increases the need to protect the environment. But at the same time increases our daily food needs to satisfy a high-calorie diet. After all, maybe we won’t eat chicken anymore.