Human skull shape hasn’t changed for a few hundred thousand years.
True ... But this isnt purely biological matter ... is it? There were some tribes that alterned shape of their skulls for ritualistic purposes ... sizes, shapes and positions of different parts of our faces (nose, eyes, ears, lips, etc.) would be quite different.
And even if it would be matter of biology ... you are forgeting about single important thing! We, Humans on our planet, are the only "intelligent species" (i know, its questionable statement, but lets put that aside for now) ... we cant crossbreed with anyone else. Elves in Dragon Age are compatible with Humans (and as it is in most Fantasy worlds), their descendants are capable of futher reproduction. Meaning old elves could have hypoteticaly look a lot more like Solas ... And i would even say that they do: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonage/images/9/97/Abelas.png/revision/latest?cb=20141129134033 (img tags dont work) But today elves, dont have so "pure" blood ... i mean, 4000 years its long time ... and nobody would know how much human blood was added to your lineage during that time.
Also ... There are some theories around the internet that first Elves in Dragon Age were actually just spirits, who materialized physical body. Just as Cole from Inquisition did ... or that Templar leader, who was actually a demon ... or like, well, basicaly every demon you meet in physical world there. So, maybe he just picked this shape of head.
Originally Posted by Warlocke
We’ve inherited thousands of years of genetic immunities because we are the descendants of people who survived those diseases. Natural selection at play there.
This is quite common missinterpretation. Sadly its not even close to how things works ...
Have you heard about Spanish Flu for example? People didnt get immune, virus mutated to "less fatal" version of itself ... basicaly we got lucky. :-/
Originally Posted by Blackheifer
Rag buddy, I am worried that we may need to get you therapy to help you let go of VTM2. :P
Im not really sure if there is any in the world.
Well, no, that is how it works. One of the reasons that the indigenous populations of the Americas were so devastated by the coming of Europeans (aside from us being a bit awful to them) was that they hadn’t inherited genetic resistances to small pox and other common diseases of the Old World. Europeans had these resistances and if you have European, African, or Asian ancestry you likely do to.
Genetic immunity on a continental scale is something that builds up over generations, not a single outbreak like the Spanish Flu. It happens because virulent diseases kill off the people who are most susceptible to them. Those left over to parent the next generation had more efficient immune responses and thus, so do their children.
So if you traveled into the past you would be taking generations of built in immunity to diseases with you, and wouldn’t need to worry very much about getting very sick.
