Human race will'split into 2 different species'

MrBrian

I think it already has to some degree, anyway.
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Last updated at 16:18pm on 26th October 2007

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.

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.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=489653&in_page_id=1965

Yoyoyo

mmm.. pert breasts

NoK

sounds to me like he is describing one of his wet dreams.. somehow i have a feeling the human race wont last beyond the year 3000

Keiran

NoK wrote:

somehow i have a feeling the human race wont last beyond the year 3000

Not unless we "evolve" beyond the need for clean drinking water and breathable air

hippiemom

A thousand years is the blink of an eye in evolutionary terms. We'll change, but not all THAT much, if we last that long. Certainly not enough change to break off into a new species.

prism

dang it all....us dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures are doomed!

NoK

hippiemom wrote:

A thousand years is the blink of an eye in evolutionary terms. We'll change, but not all THAT much, if we last that long. Certainly not enough change to break off into a new species.

He mentions that we will reach our peak in 1000 years becoming 6-7 ft tall but the split in species will occur 10,000 years from now. Nevertheless, I still think we wont be around by the year 3000.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

hippiemom wrote:

A thousand years is the blink of an eye in evolutionary terms. We'll change, but not all THAT much, if we last that long. Certainly not enough change to break off into a new species.

i dont know about that. Dog breeds come and go pretty quickly with forced selective breeding. Its possible, who knows.

NoK

Keiran wrote:

Not unless we "evolve" beyond the need for clean drinking water and breathable air

Is extinction considered evolution?

810wmb

i hope i live, my peepee will be bigger

sourdough

I'm a bit skeptical. I personally don't think that we'll be inhabiting this planet for that long either, but we also won't know what the environmental conditions and available resources will be around so I don't see how he can determine how we will evolve unless he knows these fundamental conditions of human existence.

NoK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs

Boston MA

This relates to "Endgame" movie. See my thread and the video. It's a cult to believe this will come through evolution and breeding but they now are going to have technology to do it.....

Boston MA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=174QiTrzFV8
Excerpt from Endgame with relevence to the topic.

For the whole movie and more check the other thread.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

Environmental disasters wont kill everybody. just most of us. no need to be concerned

pj10alive42

MrBrian wrote:

These humans will be between 6ft and 7ft tall and they will live up to 120 years.

Do you think the NBA will be forced to raise the height of the basketball hoops?

tybird

I'm not too concerned about this......I am quite sure that I won't be around for "partyin' like it's 2999."

Byrnzie

MrBrian wrote:

dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures

William Burroughs may have been right when he said that, once we've established ourselves in outer space, we will no longer have need of many of our present day biological, physical features - 'if you don't use it, you lose it' - and that we will therefore eventually look like something resembling jellyfish.

catefrances

Byrnzie wrote:

William Burroughs may have been right when he said that, once we've established ourselves in outer space, we will no longer have need of many of our present day biological, physical features - 'if you don't use it, you lose it' - and that we will therefore eventually look like something resembling jellyfish.

ah crap steve, he wasn't high as the proverbial when he said that was he?

Byrnzie

catefrances wrote:

ah crap steve, he wasn't high as the proverbial when he said that was he?

electronblue

pj10alive42 wrote:

Do you think the NBA will be forced to raise the height of the basketball hoops?