1 Humans have gotten around a lot. But not necessarily starting with Earth. *
2 Human form arises independently - an universal archetype.
Carter is either dissembling or reverting to his previous incarnation where "It's probably nothing" was his mantra. A sample of 2 is indeed sub-optimal. But finding humans anywhere at all but Earth is not just "unexpected". Finding them twice out of 2 is beyond extraordinary. It's probably something.
Side issue: Does one consider Martians "human"? Where is the division between human and "humanoid" (human-ish)?
Two hypotheses are:
1 Humans have gotten around a lot. But not necessarily starting with Earth. *
2 Human form arises independently - an universal archetype.
Carter is either dissembling or reverting to his previous incarnation where "It's probably nothing" was his mantra. A sample of 2 is indeed sub-optimal. But finding humans anywhere at all but Earth is not just "unexpected". Finding them twice out of 2 is beyond extraordinary. It's probably something.
Side issue: Does one consider Martians "human"? Where is the division between human and "humanoid" (human-ish)?