The following provides rationale for two different versions of a xenomorph creator;
a) the creation of the Engineers artificially by a xenomorph architect
b) the evolution of the Engineer out of the xenomorph progenitor via mutation
1. The current generation xenomorph can only exist with an advanced biological creature with earth like DNA - and it therefore remains a possibility that the engineers a) were made for this creature, or b) co-evolved with it.
2. The alien is highly intelligent; planning, coordinated social behaviour, etc. Perhaps we have anthropomorphised consciousness.
3. The alien has the necessary genetic toolkit to derive all earth/human life - its appendages match the common body plan shared by all creatures on earth. This is explicated in the cruciform leonardo da vinci type engraving in "the tomb". In fact, in a universe in which multiple body plans are supported, it would be somewhat unlikely that we a) didn't evolve from them or b) were not related in some way. The fact the facehugger produces a similar xenomorph whether it be via a human, Engineer, or dog/ox indicates that the basic xenomorph structure is not dependent upon its host, and it is therefore a progenitor candidate for the Engineer. (As a side point, it is interesting that both engineer kind and the xenomorph have queen sized members).
a) "What this universe could even be dealing with here is strong evolutionary AI. Rather than biological evolution leading towards a higher form of intelligence/conscience, one has a series of intelligent biological machines inventing higher forms of AI, which are progressively becoming more 'human' after each generation. It is even possible that our predecessors were more emotionally affected than us (like monkeys), and as such we are more emotionally affected than David... xenomorph -> engineer -> human -> David" (david-8-a-cautionary-tale [1]). The question is - what does an educated xenomorph look like? What technology does it harbour. So far, we have only seen "primitives" born out of eggs; without a pre-established community to guide them.
[Note this is a rather unlikely possibility in our actual universe, given the fact human life has evolved so early in its history (~9-14 billion years relative to a cold death estimate >> 1 trillion years). Yet it does actually represent a fairly popular creation paradigm (evolution through design). It goes by two varieties; design by a lesser creature (in the case of AI), and design by a greater creature (a god)]. Could it be that the bound cruciform Deacon is a Prometheus figure, punished by the other proto-xenos as a consequence of creating the Engineers? Or was it bound by its children? ("the successive overthrow of the creator by its intellectually (even emotionally) superior AI creation" [2]).
b) The xenomorph is the perfect and only known mutagen. It is the perfect candidate for use in genetic engineering and/or evolution of life. It is possible that an Engineer is some kind of genetic hybrid of the Engineer's progenitor organism with the intelligence of a xeno formed accidentally through its parasitical life cycle (we know it has these capabilities from Alien Resurrection). They could have once had a symbiotic relationship, as indicated in the mural, even evolving from a common ancestor (maybe-the-engineer-thought-the-emissaries-were-all-robots [2]).
a) the creation of the Engineers artificially by a xenomorph architect
b) the evolution of the Engineer out of the xenomorph progenitor via mutation
1. The current generation xenomorph can only exist with an advanced biological creature with earth like DNA - and it therefore remains a possibility that the engineers a) were made for this creature, or b) co-evolved with it.
2. The alien is highly intelligent; planning, coordinated social behaviour, etc. Perhaps we have anthropomorphised consciousness.
3. The alien has the necessary genetic toolkit to derive all earth/human life - its appendages match the common body plan shared by all creatures on earth. This is explicated in the cruciform leonardo da vinci type engraving in "the tomb". In fact, in a universe in which multiple body plans are supported, it would be somewhat unlikely that we a) didn't evolve from them or b) were not related in some way. The fact the facehugger produces a similar xenomorph whether it be via a human, Engineer, or dog/ox indicates that the basic xenomorph structure is not dependent upon its host, and it is therefore a progenitor candidate for the Engineer. (As a side point, it is interesting that both engineer kind and the xenomorph have queen sized members).
a) "What this universe could even be dealing with here is strong evolutionary AI. Rather than biological evolution leading towards a higher form of intelligence/conscience, one has a series of intelligent biological machines inventing higher forms of AI, which are progressively becoming more 'human' after each generation. It is even possible that our predecessors were more emotionally affected than us (like monkeys), and as such we are more emotionally affected than David... xenomorph -> engineer -> human -> David" (david-8-a-cautionary-tale [1]). The question is - what does an educated xenomorph look like? What technology does it harbour. So far, we have only seen "primitives" born out of eggs; without a pre-established community to guide them.
[Note this is a rather unlikely possibility in our actual universe, given the fact human life has evolved so early in its history (~9-14 billion years relative to a cold death estimate >> 1 trillion years). Yet it does actually represent a fairly popular creation paradigm (evolution through design). It goes by two varieties; design by a lesser creature (in the case of AI), and design by a greater creature (a god)]. Could it be that the bound cruciform Deacon is a Prometheus figure, punished by the other proto-xenos as a consequence of creating the Engineers? Or was it bound by its children? ("the successive overthrow of the creator by its intellectually (even emotionally) superior AI creation" [2]).
b) The xenomorph is the perfect and only known mutagen. It is the perfect candidate for use in genetic engineering and/or evolution of life. It is possible that an Engineer is some kind of genetic hybrid of the Engineer's progenitor organism with the intelligence of a xeno formed accidentally through its parasitical life cycle (we know it has these capabilities from Alien Resurrection). They could have once had a symbiotic relationship, as indicated in the mural, even evolving from a common ancestor (maybe-the-engineer-thought-the-emissaries-were-all-robots [2]).