WHAT HUMANS WILL LOOK LIKE
IN
1,000 YEARS
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May 7, 2017
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There will eventually be a day
where prosthetics are no longer just for the disabled. However, it’s not just
our outside appearance that will change – our genes will also evolve on
microscopic levels to aid our survival.
For example, an Oxford-led
study discovered a group of HIV-infected children in South Africa living
healthy lives. It turns out, they have a built-in defense against HIV that
prevents the virus from advancing to AIDS.
And with gene-editing tools
like CRISPR, we may eventually control our genes and DNA to the point where we
make ourselves immune to disease and even reverse the effects of aging.
Another way to jump-start the
human evolution on a different path is to move some of us to Mars. Mars
receives 66% less sunlight than Earth. Which could mean humans on Mars will
evolve larger pupils that can absorb more light in order to see. And since
Mars’ gravitational pull is only 38% of Earth’s, people born on Mars might
actually be taller than anyone on Earth. In space, the fluid that separates our
vertebrae expands, which led American aerospace engineer, Robert Zubrin to
suggest that Mars’ low gravity could allow the human spine to elongate enough
to add a few extra inches to our height.
However, not even a move to
Mars could spark the biggest change in human evolution that we may have coming
in the next 1,000 years: immortality. The path to immortality will likely
require humans to download their consciousness into a machine. Right now,
scientists in Italy and China are performing head transplants on animals to
determine if you can transfer consciousness from one body to another. They
claim their next big step is to transplant human heads.
Whatever happens in the next
1,000 years — whether we merge with machines or become them — one thing is
certain: The human race is always changing — and the faster we change and
branch out from Earth, the better chance we have of outrunning extinction.
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