Genesect's possible real life origin

A certain theory concerning Genesect's origins has captured my attention.
The theory suggests that there is some connection between him and Kabutops, going as further as presuming that they may be the same creature.

Description of the theory.

I'm not going to go into details how the body structure of both pokemon is very different, infact the only similarities between them is the flat head, number of limbs and body posture.
There is however something else that puts Kabutops into a completely different category from Genesect, something that most people have overlooked.

Kabutops has a well developed endoskeleton under his exoskeleton!

Kabutop's fossilised skeleton.

Arthropods only have an exoskeleton, so maybe this is one of the reasons why Kabuto and Kabutops are not bug typed even though they are clearly inspired and based on ancient arthropods. There is no evidence if Kabuto also has an endoskeleton or perhaps this adaptation is only present in it's evolved form (maybe as additional support).
How does this concern Genesect? First of all Genesect is a bug type pokemon, meaning he is supposed to be an invertebrate like all the other bug type pokemon, indeed even his name suggests he is closer to insects than any other arthropods.
There is a posibility that Kabuto is a relative to Genesect, even maybe a distant ancestor (the same way crustaceans evolved into insects millions of years ago) but considering they appeared at the same time in the past that is highly unlikely.

What is Genesect based on then?

My personal theory is that he is based on blattoptera (proto-cockroaches), the ancestors of mantises, termites and modern cockroaches, who happen to live in the same period as Genesect. From these proto-cockroaches evolves a species of cockroaches (Raphidiomimula burmitica) that have the same forelegs as mantises and Genesect seems to have similar.

So to sum it up Genesect is the missing link between the proto-cockroaches who lived during the Paleozoic and the distant mantises anscestor Raphidiomimula burmitica, which makes him more closely related to Scyther.

Indeed when you compare the two you can notice the similarities.


Thank you for reading this and I hope it answered at least some of the questions you may have about the mysterious prehistoric pokemon Genesect!

The Truth About Bug Pokemon

Being a bug pokemon fan since my early childhood I never ceased to wonder why so many of them have a humanoid shape while other pokemon who are also inspired by animals retain most of their characteristics (except for few exceptions).
With time I realised exactly what was going on in the pokemon universe.

Bug pokemon have always been considered as weak and so they would need to depend on something else to survive, most of them are flying types keeping away from natural predators while others depend on poison to drive away the enemy but there is something that everyone have been missing out... bug pokemon have been slowly but surely evolving to mimic humans in order to benefit from blending in with humanity and become more attractive to trainers.
Indeed pokemon like Heracross, Scyther/Scizor, Butterfree, Beedrill and Pinsir who are humanoid have become popular and prefered by trainers, while pokemon like Paras/Parasect and Durant who resemble insects the most, are left to depend on spores or iron exoskeleton to survive.

The pokemon that has gone the furthest into this methamorphisis ofcourse is Leavanny, it's pre-evolution Sewaddle has 6 limbs which is typical for any insect, however it loses 2 of it's limbs while evolving.
Not only that but Leavanny is mimicing actual clothes looking more human than any other bug pokemon.


There is however something that some of you might use against my little theory, Genesect!

Genesect is known to have lived 300 million years ago which is long before any human, still he has a humanoid shape which by my theory means he is evolving to mimic humans... you can see for yourselves what problem arises.
Yet I remembered two things that shined bright as a light in a darkest night!
Those two things are the pokemon known as Arceus and Kabuto.
Now how does that help my theory you ask? It's simple.

First Kabuto is also an ancient arthropodic pokemon that looks nothing like humans, right? Well his evolution Kabutops suddenly becomes more humanoid in shape (including developing an internal skeleton while keeping the exoskeleton), why would an ancient pokemon that lived when humans were still not around want to become more humanoid?

The answer lies in Arceus, he is believed to have created the whole pokemon universe which would include humans as well.
Yes ladies and gentlemen, we have proof of creationism and evolution both being present in the pokemon world.
Humans existed along with all the ancient pokemon, which makes my theory still possible despite Genesect's humanoid shape.

What's the next step in bug pokemon's evolution is uncertain but surely they will always be changing in order to survive and maybe one day thrive supreme.