>>54872349>The professor didn't think they were genetic ancestors/descendants until AFTER the first one came through.Yes they did which is the entire fucking reason they tried to make a time machine. Holy shit man.
>In other words you're seeing it likeNo, I'm seeing it how the game presented it. Which is that the professor saw these mons depicted in the book or in occulture, decided they were ancient/future relatives of current Pokemon, and decided to build a time machine to bring them to the present. That's why they made a time machine, and not a cyborg body for a disabled baseball player.