SCIENCE9 - The Future of Human Evolution
This is Part 2 of my article on Human Evolution. Part 1, in my previous blog, covered the history of human evolution from the early primates, through the evolution of human species, to modern humans. This blog will discuss the potential future of human evolution. My primary source and inspiration for this blog was the book, Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind , by Yuval Noah Harari, particularly Chapter 20: “The End of Homo Sapiens .” Other sources included “What will we look like in the future?”, austrailian.museum; “What May Become of Homo Sapiens,” scientificamerican.com; “What will humans look like in a million years?”, bbcearth.com; “Human Evolution in the Future,” leosystem.news/history; “Human germline engineering,” “Cyborg,” Wikipedia; “Are Cyborgs Humanity’s Next Evolutionary Phase?”, interestingengineering.com; and numerous other online sources. Introduction Humans are the most successful species on Earth, thanks to multiple key traits that...