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October 19, 2006

Human species 'may split in two'

From the BBC:

Screenhunter_5_5Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said.

Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.

The human race would peak in the year 3000, he said - before a decline due to dependence on technology.

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.

More here.

Posted by Abbas Raza at 01:49 PM | Permalink

Comments

This is exactly the sort of lamarckian nonesense that you shouldn't post.

Posted by: Eugene | Oct 19, 2006 2:33:24 PM

i really like the drawing! same source, or your own vast resources?

Posted by: aditya | Oct 19, 2006 3:20:44 PM

"This is exactly the sort of lamarckian nonesense that you shouldn't post."

i agree, i come here to get away from that stuff :(

Posted by: reeves | Oct 19, 2006 4:29:18 PM

What? Is this based on any sort of biological research? References, anyone?

Posted by: Em | Oct 19, 2006 6:50:42 PM

This troll was not one I would expect here...:(

It's been done on /.

It's been done on FFC

:thumbdown:

Posted by: FCisdead | Oct 19, 2006 9:26:20 PM

Lindsay Beyerstein disects Curry's adolescent sci-fi idiocy. http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2006/10/lse_scholar_pre.html

Posted by: Robin | Oct 19, 2006 11:22:31 PM

Okay, fine, I guess I deserve all the abuse I have gotten over this post. I officially admit it: it was a silly post. So was the "Finger Forecasts" one. I don't know what got into me. Sorry.

Posted by: Abbas Raza | Oct 19, 2006 11:46:23 PM

PZ Myers owning this crap:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/10/utter_nonsense.php

Posted by: Builder | Oct 20, 2006 1:38:00 PM

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