Probability points to extinction within the next 10,000 years. If there is a concentrated effort, there will be expansion through the universe.
Or the human being confirms the decline and ends up even extinguish Within the next 10,000 yearsor there is a concentrated effort and thus gets expand through the universe and live for millions of years.
This is a summary of the new book of Henry Gee, senior editor of the journal Nature, which published The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why Our Species is on the Edge of Extinction.
In this “decline and fall of the human empire”, and trying to explain “because our species is on the verge of extinction” – following the title – the expert even warns that humanity is on an inevitable path to extinction.
The book published last week presents a sober account of the past, present and future of Homo Sapiens, concluding that our species is intended to disappear within the next 10,000 years unless we take drastic measures – namely, namely, migrating to space.
GEE’s argument is based on the premise that Extinction is a natural process which affected all species throughout the history of the earth, stresses the magazine.
Catastrophic events, such as nuclear war or the impact of asteroids, are existential threats; but the Homo sapiens decline is an evolutionary certaintysays.
Despite the resilience and global domain of our species, history shows that human populations have always been precarious. For most of our existence, we were small dispersed groups of hunters-recolector, often on the brink of hunger and extinction.
The book offers a comprehensive view of human evolution, drawing our origins from eastern Africa to global expansion.
No Entanto, Henry Gee emphasizes that Our evolutionary success can also be our fall.
The author argues that humans are highly susceptible to illnesses due to our interconnected civilization. In addition, it suggests that the elimination of competing species-such as Neanderthals-may have originated evolutionary staging, making us vulnerable to environmental changes.
Gee also explores the unintentional consequences of human civilization: the agriculture, Which came about 26,000 years ago, it may have been a survival strategy, but it also introduced new health problems such as tuberculosis and diabetes. To the human activities They are destabilizing Earth’s fundamental systems, including carbon cycles and biodiversity, accelerating the deterioration of the planet.
Solution
The book offers a possible solution. Or rather two: Genetic Engineering and Spatial Colonization.
Gee speculates that advances in genetic edition can help humans Adapt to extreme environmentshow to survive under water or other planets.
However, if humanity cannot take advantage of its current intellectual and technological resources, space colonization efforts will stagnate, increasing the likelihood of extinction.
The deadline for probable extinction is uncertain, but for Henry Gee, Homo sapiens will hardly persist beyond next millennia.
