But Bob ... Are we (all) crossing over to all becoming this species again? I’ll be a tennis ball, if possible and it is possible.
"This species"?
What we are becoming is the next species. We absorb talents and abilities from all we encounter. We dominate by absorbing.
You have claws? We have knives. You can dig? We can excavate.
You can fly? Okay, that was a challenge, but we can fly.
What are you; what is your specialty? We can do that.