the future of human evolution
Found an interesting article about the possibilities of human evolution on MSNBC. The article breaks the possibilities into five categories:
- Unihuman - through reproduction, all races merge into one race
- Survivalistian - post-apocalyptic humans
- Numan - genetically-engineered humans to add capabilities or remove limitations
- Cyborg - man/machine combinations
- Astran - re-engineered humans for space travel and to inhabit new worlds
These are all very interesting possibilities, and certainly all of them *could* happen, but some are more likely than others. I have no doubt that two of them will happen in parallel: Cyborg and Numan. Both are already in the works, such as bionic eyes, bionic ears, and prosthetic limbs, and all of the genetic engineering work going on with animals. I really believe that these two together are the future of humanity over the next several centuries. Astran is a long-term possibility that I also believe will happen eventually. Unihuman is an interesting concept, but I really don’t see that ever happening completely, and let’s just hope that Survivalistian never comes.
This article has really piqued my interest in evolution…I’m going to have to start studying it again. Seems like you need to know more about where we’ve come from if you’re going to influence where we’re going.