The way I see it that instinct is the cause behind so much suffering and injustice in the world.

  • Telorand
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    21 year ago

    This current version of humans? No. But could it ever happen? Absolutely, if we assume our future evolutionary human descendants survive and provided we can supply everyone’s needs.

    • @A_A
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      31 year ago

      Yes …and the name will have to change from Homo sapiens to something else.

      • Telorand
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        21 year ago

        I’ve heard from other evolutionary biologists that the next gen will be homo sapiens sapiens, and we’ll be renamed something else.

        • @A_A
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          21 year ago

          interesting … so I looked it up here :
          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_taxonomy …and “homo sapiens sapiens” is not well defined for now at wikipedia - - maybe not the best source I know.

          Do I read it correctly that you are an evolutionary biologist ?

          • Telorand
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            21 year ago

            No, I just watch content from evolutionary biologists, because it’s something I’m interested in.

            It may not be that our version of the species will be renamed, but since species delineations are somewhat arbitrary (where does one generation stop and one start, when it’s actually a gradual process?), future generations of biologists may decide that we are something else. Either way, we won’t be around to know!