i've been doing some research on the whole pangea theory, and have gotten some pretty relevent information.




Apparently the Great Rift Valley "has been a rich source of fossils that allow study of human evolution, especially in an area known as Piedmont. Because the rapidly eroding highlands have filled the valley with sediments, a favorable environment for the preservation of remains has been created. The bones of several hominid ancestors of modern humans have been found there, including those of 'Lucy' a nearly complete australopithecine skeleton."



Is it possible that those fossils are considered to be forerunners? Reading more into the Great Rift Valley and its seperation got me going into when it exactly started. Apparently pangea's transition into what it is today started at the same time as the Permian-Triassic (P-Tr) extinction event, or the Great Dying. Granted, Any sort of movement in the african region didnt happen until years and years later, it is still possible that maybe there is a correlation between the great dying and the halo rings being used. It'd be a tough stab to try and get exact dates for both ends, but i'll try to work that angle tomorrow



and as always, this is only a possiblity, and probably is off, but who knows!

The Ark being another Shield world makes the most sense to me. For all we know, there could be a bunch of forerunners in there with no way out, like a little kid trapped in a refrigerator. One of the obvious questions is, however, why would the forerunners need more than one shield world?

What if the Forerunners aren't as benevolent as everyone had so willingly assumed and they had observed each of the four major races (Humans, Prophets, Elites, and Brutes) in hopes that they could come up with an answer to immortality. They chose the Earth as the place to put the Ark because, it has been pointed out so many times by people, humans are more innovative rather than immitative. As of now, I don't believe that we've been directly told that the Forerunners were wiped out when the rings were fired 100,000 years ago. How would the Halos get rid of all sentient life in the galaxy without destroying other matter?