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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Evolution

These latest evolutionary predictions come to us from Oliver Curry, evolutionary theorist at the London School of Economics:

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.

Oh, but then it's all downhill after that:

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.

For what it's worth, I find predictions like this completely stupid, because they assume the factors influencing evolution today will remain constant for thousands of years. Or that some predictable-yet-unforeseen change will happen in the year 3000 to set us going into a different direction, one which only a genius scientist can explain to us.

But it is nice to know that by the year 3,000 every couple will look like these two.

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