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This is an interesting issue. At what point will our descendants feel that they are different enough from us through natural or guided (by science) evolution?
by wmgries 13y ago
This is an interesting issue. At what point will our descendants feel that they are different enough from us through natural or guided (by science) evolution?
- toomuchtodo 13y agoAt what point did we determine we were substantially different than apes?
- philwelch 13y agoHubris. We're closer to chimps than chimps are to gorillas; we are apes.
- lutusp 13y ago> At what point will our descendants feel that they are different enough from us through natural or guided (by science) evolution? Easily answered: our species has existed for about 200,000 years. Based on that, and barring any speed-up in the rate of evolution by selection (natural or unnatural), we will have been replaced by another species in another 200,000 years. This will happen no matter what else happens -- assuming we're not subject to any global catastrophe, but simply evolve as a species into something we cannot presently imagine.