What Will Humans Look Like In A Million Years? | Earth Science

Our thumbs will become longer in order to reach the far corner of the mobile phone screen.

I'd say the eyes will align above the nose: one eye for watching videos and one eye to see where we step.

1 million years?.......humans might be domestic pets for robots 😃 some might be feral.

I'll most likely be dead

Think of all the memes we'll have in a million years 8)

I think that with declining birth rates and contraception there will be a lot of changes : selection for women who want to have children, selection for women who have it easier giving birth, selection for babies to be born with smaller heads so that birthing is easier, and more twins will be born. Other than that, less need for sugar, more passive muscle generatjon, better adaption to sitting down - I'd expect those to happen.

As if humans will be around in a million years.

Assuming we'll live that long.. we might start a couple sub species of humans, for example smaller and shorter human like creatures for exploring space (it saves space and they need less supplies to sustain themselves) or an aquatic like humanoid creature (specifically breeded for aquatic exploration and fishing)

It isn't even known if we will still live in 1 million years.

It's difficult to predict, but I assume if things stay the course we won't be that much different on the surface than we are today, because rather than changes through our genes we are at the technological level that we will just change our environment, both externally and internally, to suit our needs. I can see some changes when it comes to food consumption, perhaps becoming more efficient at extracting nutrients and calories; however, that probably won't affect how we look. Given that much of our appearances is connected to hunter-gathering society, and given that most humans no longer engage in that, I can't imagine what ecological pressure that might emerge assuming a continual steady progression. Of course the history of life on Earth is full of sudden catastrophic ecological changes no one could have predicated, so there's always that to consider. The biggest pressure comes down to survival and mate choice, and because for most of us there is a real disconnect between the two, as we are less and less an agrarian society, it's difficult to see individual women (the ultimate drivers of what genes and their traits make it into the next generation) making the kind of mate selection choices that drive physical changes. That being said, other more behavioral traits might come to the forefront now, example, now given that we don't have to hunt for food or protect the food as individuals, perhaps other traits or characteristics will be seen as more valuable. Perhaps women will choose mates that are more compassionate or more willing to help out around the choice. I can see us tinkering around with some internal stuff, such as our microbiome or genes; however, that wouldn't be evolution via natural selection but rather artificial selection, and most likely optional or restricted to very few people.

I reckon computer implants will be a thing by then

Something I've always considered is that birth defects will become more common place and numerous, due to our enhanced medicine. I wonder what will happen with that?

Great show !! Love the presentation style.

The graphics! ADORABLE!

A random thought: Today's humans may one day become the ancient common ancestor of one or more separate species. Maybe we're the ancestor to these "aliens" we've thought about so much.

I'm already noticing that new generations are in average more attractive than the old generations and that's because humans are attracted to beauty (generally) so if it stays this way the future humans will all be super attractive much like how some birds evolved.. As for everything else it probably stays the same

Very nice vid, Greg! You are a great presenter👍

Great stuff again young chap. I evolved once and it was huge fun. Highly recommended. Waiting for my kids to catch on . .

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Lovely video! Greetings from one of those people who live in the Andes...