Posted on 10/17/2006 9:42:02 PM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said.
Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.
The human race would peak in the year 3000, he said - before a decline due to dependence on technology.
People would become choosier about their sexual partners, causing humanity to divide into sub-species, he added.
The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the "underclass" humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.
Race 'ironed out'
But in the nearer future, humans will evolve in 1,000 years into giants between 6ft and 7ft tall, he predicts, while life-spans will have extended to 120 years, Dr Curry claims.
Physical appearance, driven by indicators of health, youth and fertility, will improve, he says, while men will exhibit symmetrical facial features, look athletic, and have squarer jaws, deeper voices and bigger penises.
Women, on the other hand, will develop lighter, smooth, hairless skin, large clear eyes, pert breasts, glossy hair, and even features, he adds. Racial differences will be ironed out by interbreeding, producing a uniform race of coffee-coloured people.
However, Dr Curry warns, in 10,000 years time humans may have paid a genetic price for relying on technology.
Spoiled by gadgets designed to meet their every need, they could come to resemble domesticated animals.
Receding chins
Social skills, such as communicating and interacting with others, could be lost, along with emotions such as love, sympathy, trust and respect. People would become less able to care for others, or perform in teams.
Physically, they would start to appear more juvenile. Chins would recede, as a result of having to chew less on processed food.
There could also be health problems caused by reliance on medicine, resulting in weak immune systems. Preventing deaths would also help to preserve the genetic defects that cause cancer.
Further into the future, sexual selection - being choosy about one's partner - was likely to create more and more genetic inequality, said Dr Curry.
The logical outcome would be two sub-species, "gracile" and "robust" humans similar to the Eloi and Morlocks foretold by HG Wells in his 1895 novel The Time Machine.
"While science and technology have the potential to create an ideal habitat for humanity over the next millennium, there is a possibility of a monumental genetic hangover over the subsequent millennia due to an over-reliance on technology reducing our natural capacity to resist disease, or our evolved ability to get along with each other, said Dr Curry.
He carried out the report for men's satellite TV channel Bravo.
Stratification is mostly ["Bell Curve"] cognitive. And while some do most of their thinking with "larger penises", normally not even a square jaw or a deep voice help with it.
And how are people supposed to become athletic-looking without exercising or lots of physical labor?
There was a boy born in China recently with an extra arm--and it worked. It was removed for cosmetic reasons, however.
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Is this just Photoshop fun or do you know where I can actually get one of these?
Why wait...Homo moonbaattus, Homo sapiens...Makes sense to me.
Again with the insulting small people.
And how are people supposed to become athletic-looking without exercising or lots of physical labor?<<
The guy is a scientific moron. In the next fifty years we will be manipulating the human genome. It won't be evolution, it (hopefully)will be intelligent design. After reliable ID for a thousand years the question will be what has transhumanism brought us?
Here's the people that are actually thinking about the issues:
>>...Through the accelerating pace of technological development and scientific understanding, we are entering a whole new stage in the history of the human species. In the relatively near future, we may face the prospect of real artificial intelligence. New kinds of cognitive tools will be built that combine artificial intelligence with interface technology. Molecular nanotechnology has the potential to manufacture abundant resources for everybody and to give us control over the biochemical processes in our bodies, enabling us to eliminate disease and unwanted aging. Technologies such as brain-computer interfaces and neuropharmacology could amplify human intelligence, increase emotional well-being, improve our capacity for steady commitment to life projects or a loved one, and even multiply the range and richness of possible emotions. On the dark side of the spectrum, transhumanists recognize that some of these coming technologies could potentially cause great harm to human life; even the survival of our species could be at risk. Seeking to understand the dangers and working to prevent disasters is an essential part of the transhumanist agenda... <<
http://www.transhumanism.org/index.php/WTA/faq21/46/
These are the people that have been studying the issues of human evolution through intelligent design for years. Sound like this prof just read Time Machine and ripped it off.
DK
Already happened...Mussies and the rest of the world.
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Not as long as there's Budweiser...
This is not solely an urban phenomenon and even in rural America the pervasive drug use and high illegitimate birth rate among young females is producing the same problem generation though in lower numbers compared to the population.
One need only visit a typical public school to see the beginnings of this eventual sub species.
Skin-color homogeneity will not happen. One constant across all cultures is selective breeding among the elites for light color. If a darker usurper gains control of a tribe or nation he and his family then choose lighter skinned spouses for for their children. It was always thus and will not change just because Ms. Wearetheworld is dreaming of an even coffee colored population. That same dreamer will probably prefer lighter spouses for her own children.
The great part about predictions like this is that nobody can really prove you wrong.
And how are people supposed to become athletic-looking without exercising or lots of physical labor?
This is silly, wishful thinking by a bunch of nerds sitting in front of their computers. They are basically saying that humans will evolve into the characters that inhabit video games. Handsome heros, beautiful babes and mutated bad guys.... this is a case of too much gaming.
For the record...... Michelle is pretty near the Archetype. She might be a little short, but otherwise she depicts my view of what is being described.
There are more and more children of mixed race (at least in America) who knows what people will look like as people continue to cross racial barriers.
LMFAO! Look what the generation since pong came out. fat & lazy. It won't be 10,000 years!
I am talking about elites. Rich people. Powerful people. Look at Cuba. Socially prominent people prefer lighter spouses for their children. It is so in Uganda. It is so in Sweden. In societies with ruling classes, the rulers are lighter than the ruled. This does not prertain to the lower classes who have not the resources to make such distinctions. In any society in which marriage is still a family function and matches are made by family negotiation lighter skinned prospects fetch higher prices. It seems to be a natural tendency if not quite a natural law.
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