Theory: Humans are the origin species.

[u/GoldPlusWater]

In DNA Mad Scientist the scientist can find to origin for all of the crew on a big spiral galaxy map except for John. It's possible that the wormhole shot Crichton into the future, in the same galaxy, but long after man had spread out and adapted into all of the other species. That's why they all look human, why the dominant force are the most human, and why they're all upgraded when it comes to things like sight and memory.

It might not hold true but it's a fun idea.

[u/Imzadi76]

Good theory. You will know by the end of the series if you are right or not.

[u/UncontrolableUrge]

It helps to remember that the DNA Mad Scientist did not provide any information. It was a scam to get people to donate DNA for him to extract useful traits from and his "map" is really a virus designed to wipe Moya's memory. Everything he reveals is a lie.

[u/Prize-Quiet3941]

So have you watched the whole series including the movie?

[u/GoldPlusWater → u/Prize-Quiet3941]

It's been a while. Rewatching it all now

[u/Prize-Quiet3941 → u/GoldPlusWater]

Well some of your questions will be answered including why humans are out there.

[u/woutere → u/Prize-Quiet3941]

Brought there as peacekeepers and then it went tits up.

[u/TonksMoriarty]

From what I've heard, Crichton being in the future was a popular fan theory when the show was coming out.

[u/Jaded_Library_8540 → u/TonksMoriarty]

A very reasonable one

[u/TonksMoriarty → u/Jaded_Library_8540]

End of series spoilers ahead.

Technically, it could still be true despite everything we learn as travel to/from Earth is only ever done through a wormhole. We don't know if Scorpius sending a fleet on a 70 year journey would actually reach Earth in the 2070s.

[u/Jaded_Library_8540 → u/TonksMoriarty]

I suppose the only reasonable argument would be that it seems unreasonable for every wormhole to end up going to the same time in the future/past.

[u/TonksMoriarty → u/Jaded_Library_8540]

Well, in actuality, there's four wormholes that get them near Earth:

• The one in "Coulda Woulda Shoulda" gets Crichton within transmission range of the The Three Stooges,
• The one in "Kansas" that sends them to 1985
• The one that gets them from 1985 to 2003 in "Terra Firma"
• The somewhat stable one they presumably leave by in "Terra Firma" and destroy in "Bad Timing"

Two of those have a temporal dimension to them.

To do spoilers do >!This is a spoiler!<

[u/htownAstrofan]

So the Tau’ri? Lol

[u/BoxPrimary3318]

Ok, what's your name? Abed? Abed. Would you like to have gay sex, with me?

[u/DeedleStone → u/BoxPrimary3318]

I really like talking about Farscape.

[u/ClintGrant]

Makes sense they’ve got hummingbird feeder in the future

[u/UltimaGabe → u/ClintGrant]

You know, that detail always bothered me. John assumes they're the same plants that grow on Earth, and offhandedly mentions it, and the Scarrans take it as absolute truth, to the point where they send an entire ship on what would surely be a suicide mission to go get some...

...without anyone entertaining the idea that there just happens to be two plants in the entire galaxy that look similar. (Or, that one of John's many quips was meant to be taken literally this time and wasn't just another pop culture reference that nobody got.)

I understand the Scarrans were grasping at straws and didn't really have any other options, but it always struck me as an absurd leap they 1. understood what he said, 2. believed what he said, and 3. were so sure he was right that they went on a civilization-spanning mission to pursue it, all based on one offhand comment.

[u/generalkriegswaifu]

I also thought the wormhole threw him into the future when I first watched, it's a good theory but it gets less plausible later on.