Human race will 'split into two different species'
The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.
100,000 years into the future, sexual selection could mean that two distinct breeds of human will have developed.
The alarming prediction comes from evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics, who says that the human race will have reached its physical peak by the year 3000.
These humans will be between 6ft and 7ft tall and they will live up to 120 years.
"Physical features will be driven by indicators of health, youth and fertility that men and women have evolved to look for in potential mates," says the report, which suggests that advances in cosmetic surgery and other body modifying techniques will effectively homogenise our appearance.
Men will have symmetrical facial features, deeper voices and bigger penises, according to Curry in a report commissioned for men's satellite TV channel Bravo.
Women will all have glossy hair, smooth hairless skin, large eyes and pert breasts, according to Curry.
Racial differences will be a thing of the past as interbreeding produces a single coffee-coloured skin tone.
The future for our descendants isn't all long life, perfect bodies and chiselled features, however.
While humans will reach their peak in 1000 years' time, 10,000 years later our reliance on technology will have begun to dramatically change our appearance.
Medicine will weaken our immune system and we will begin to appear more child-like.
Dr Curry said: "The report suggests that the future of man will be a story of the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Oct-28-2007 23:24
Frenchie
life in technocolor
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Intergalactic Planetary
Will? pssh, it's already done that.
Oct-28-2007 23:40
Ted Promo
NWO WOLFPACK INSANE
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Can this be my goal??!
So in the future there will be a Mordor?
Oct-28-2007 23:46
D-res
Hangin from Sagan's uvula
Registered: May 2004
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Physical evolution has pretty much ceased in my opinion. There will be subtle changes, as the guy mentioned through sexual selection. I think uglier, less intelligent people will slowly ween their way out of the species until they're almost nonexistent. We no longer really need to evolve physically to adhere to our environment since we've developed technology that can essentially allow us to survive anywhere (within reason). I do agree to an extent that our dependence on technology will be an achilles heal, but at the same time viruses, bacteria and sickness will likely have much less effect since we'll probably have the means to overcome any ailment, assuming new diseases don't sprout up any more consistently than they already do. I think the most notable evolution will be the evolution of our own brains and in the technologies we produce. This is all of course if we don't wipe ourselves out within the next couple centuries.
Oct-28-2007 23:52
eROs.au
Chuck Bass
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Upper East Side
Very stupid.
"These humans will be between 6ft and 7ft tall and they will live up to 120 years."
We already live 120+ years. I'm pretty DAMN SURE in 1000 years medical technology will have advanced just a little.
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Oct-28-2007 23:57
Ian
Not dead yet.
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: UK
global warming, Israel, Bush and outsourcing mean that our entire species will be dead within 20 years. For those people 19 or under, sorry, life won't even get the chance to begin at 40 for you. For neo, you'll still be legally able to draw your old age pension before it happens
Oct-29-2007 00:09
Project-K
JD ėtictsile
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Laval, Quebec
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Originally posted by D-res
less intelligent people will slowly ween their way out of the species until they're almost nonexistent.
Since when do intelligent men score more? Just because it's called "evolution", doesn't always mean it's positive
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Oct-29-2007 00:56
pkcRAISTLIN
arbiter's chief minion
Registered: Jul 2002
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by D-res
I think uglier, less intelligent people will slowly ween their way out of the species until they're almost nonexistent.
What an absolute load of unsubstantiated crap. The reverse is actually more likely, it is the less intelligent people that are out-breeding the more intelligent by simply having more babies.
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Originally posted by D-res
but at the same time viruses, bacteria and sickness will likely have much less effect since we'll probably have the means to overcome any ailment,
More crap. There are so many viruses or diseases we have no answer for yet, there's no reason to believe this state of affairs will ever change as viruses and disease evolve much faster than our scientific knowledge.
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Oct-29-2007 01:09
chach
muppets
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: babie
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
What an absolute load of unsubstantiated crap. The reverse is actually more likely, it is the less intelligent people that are out-breeding the more intelligent by simply having more babies.
Thanks to alcohol
Oct-29-2007 01:11
pkcRAISTLIN
arbiter's chief minion
Registered: Jul 2002
Location:
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Originally posted by chach
Thanks to alcohol
nah, its more social and economics related. poorer, less educated people tend to have more children, because those of us that are brimming with IQ know that a baby is the worst financial decision you can ever ever make, and we tend to have them later, and less of them.
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Oct-29-2007 01:15
Krypton
83.798 g/6.022x10^23
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Texas
quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
What an absolute load of unsubstantiated crap. The reverse is actually more likely, it is the less intelligent people that are out-breeding the more intelligent by simply having more babies.
More crap. There are so many viruses or diseases we have no answer for yet, there's no reason to believe this state of affairs will ever change as viruses and disease evolve much faster than our scientific knowledge.
I think within the next few centuries, nanotechnology will develop to the extent where we actually implant humans with nano-cells made to act in whatever role we desire. That's way off, but that is what I envision. If we can repair DNA molecules and modify cell replication, we might even be able to harness the fountain of youth and increase age perhaps hundreds of years, perhaps even forever.
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Oct-29-2007 01:35
Marc Summers
I must behave
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: New York, USA
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
More crap. There are so many viruses or diseases we have no answer for yet, there's no reason to believe this state of affairs will ever change as viruses and disease evolve much faster than our scientific knowledge.
Evolution of Humanity.
