How might humans have evolved in 200 million years?

[Weapon77]

Based on our evolution to this point over the past 1 million years, how might evolution proceed or halt? Might we devolve in any ways?

[Sandeeppingping]

Nothing lasts, that's life's only rule, just look at the homo erectus, another human species, these dudes have lasted for much longer than we have for now, they lasted for 2 million years and then went extinct, what you and I are gonna see are 60 years, a blink of an eye compared to 2 million years, I wouldn't doubt we pass them but since that nothing lasts I wouldn't doubt we'd go extinct at any point in time

[Weapon77]

Exactly the kind of thing I'm curious about. We came from Homo erectus and there was some mixing with Neanderthals too. We might even have parts of our culture surviving from our extinct relatives' cultures for all we know, so what successors to the human species do you think might exist? Homo gigantus who is as big as an elephant? Homo cerebrus with giant brains and evolved socities? Something else?

[Exterminatore]

I don’t believe in macro evolution, so I can’t say. I don’t believe in the theory of evolution because it has so many holes in the theory. Granted they don’t teach it’s weak points but rather teach the theory as fact, which it’s not. I do believe in micro evolution as it’s scientific provable.

[Weapon77]

Well, you technically CAN say because this is merely hypothetical. There's no way to know for sure what we'll be like until we are in that time. But why not have fun guessing, you know?

No, we don't know for sure the theory is fact, but what you're missing is that we have no better theories, so why would we assume it's wrong? In science, we always work with our current best theory. Evolution definitely has more evidence tham anything else we've come up with thus far. I do agree that I sometimes feel like we are missing part of the whole picture, however.

[Exterminatore]

So it’s like this. Every breed of dog can be traced to 2 original dogs. Not hard to believe, but their all dogs.

When we start morphing into entirely new species. I don’t believe it. They’ll be looking for the missing link forever because it doesn’t exist.

[Weapon77]

I definitely get that, but that inevitably leads to the question: "What was before dogs?" Life doesn't come from nothing as far as we know, so how DID it get here? And how are so many creatures so well adapted to their environments? How can ocean snails make metals into their shells while land snails can't? How can tarsigrades survive sub zero and super high temps and vaccuums? We really don't know for certain, but evolution is our best idea so far.

[Exterminatore]

That’s why I’m a creationist.

The bottom line is things don’t self exist. A creator outside our time domain is required. Hence God.

Like the Big Bang Theory. Ok, so where did the densely packed atom that exploded into everything come from? It just created itself?

I think creationism is really the only explanation.

To say the Big Bang is accurate which ultimately works lead to evolution being accurate, I think that way, way, way too involved to be left to a chance event.

[Weapon77]

See, most scientists don't actually think the Big Bang and such came from nothing. We just mark that as the earliest known event we can reasonably prove. And most scientists believe God made it happen too. The questions are why? and how?

And for the record, it's not supposed to be a densely packed atom since that'd be silly. The idea is it was a singularity, which is similar to what happens when a black hole engulfs all of reality. Which creates even more questions, and seems to necessitate God doing something. But then we also have to wonder what God even is! Lots of fun/scary questions. Anyone who pretends we know everything is either stupid or lying.

[NathanDavis]

based on where we are right now...

we won't make it to next one million year lmao

at the most... another 20, 000 years tops, before nature decides once and for all what a mistake we were and scrap us

[Weapon77]

Eh, you say that, but our history begs to differ. Look at the insane things we survived over the last thousand and, especially, the last million years. We are like cockroaches at this point.

So even though any number of things COULD wipe us out before then, that's a different topic. Just for fun speculate what we might look like or be able to do. Any mutations? Do we just stay the same for some reason? Do we devolve?

[NathanDavis]

I disagree... in the last thousand of years, we never had the destructive capabilities that we have today

just check how it wend for the last (about) 100 years, humans needed about 300, 000 bombs to make some damage to one city, and then it went down to just 30,000 bombs... more modern days, 30 bombs could be enough to destroy a metropolitan area with millions of people

and that is without counting the actual and very problematic big ass bombs we do have around, and for those, the problem is just how quickly are minds and souls are eroding from our self human form, lol

[Weapon77]

But no one is dumb enough to use anything world-ending, so it's irrelevent. The world is run by narcissists, and none of them want to destroy themselves or the possessuons they lust so much for. Only wimps and sensationalists worry about that end-of world nonsense. We adapt and evolve. It's how we are.

Just ignore all that and give me a fun or quirky guess of your own for how we might adapt or evolve by then, damnit! haha

[NathanDavis]

it doesn't take dumb people to end the world but a righteous cynical one... lol

but alright... 200 million years

my guess is that we will be able to develop a virtual life in a virtual universe and this due to the power of super computers and our always present need for something more, above and beyond our reality

while we will be able to live a virtual life in our minds... we're still going to depend on our former life form bodies but by then, we will be engineered and combined with cyborgs

so, we'll have our bodies to live a simple sustainable life at a very controlled and sterile environment, probably floating up there, around the many moons of the solar system... but we will be able to project our "lives" into a virtual realm somewhere there in the super computing clouds

[Weapon77]

Actually, righteous, cynical people are desperately needed to save the world because they are a dying breed, and the idiots around them seem to be killing them off intentionally. Dumb people are a much greater threat and always have been. Look at how all the oppressive regimes throughout history took power--hordes of morons cheered them on or didn't fight back.

Interesting thoughts. Ideas of that nature seem to be popular nowadays. In that case, what might you suppose religion would be like? Would anyone consider that virtual world heaven or would there be cults around these virtual raptures? Would there be anti-virtual reality groups who aim to return humanity to how Native Americans and other people who live in harmony with nature exist?

[NathanDavis]

the Nazi came to mind, since they once actually had the "world" at the brink of breakup... however they were not at all smart, not smarter than their ambition and their delusion, which is why they failed in many front, but especially in the warfare one, we did luck out back then... so yes, dumb and reckless people are very much a danger and ones to mess up many things, but they are not capable of ending things... and the point of this discussion was that, a definitive end... lol

so... religion, religion has evolved as well, but there is one thing that has never changed for it, and that is its place and use as a mean to control the masses, so yes, a future religion or religion-like system will be in place to serve as a structure and control to all and for these things to be possible

I believe it will replace governments, governments do trick you into being controlled by offering you freedom, but that sense of freedom makes people go out of control, so... religion tricks you into being controlled by offering you a structure that you must not break in exchange for a reward, in the future that reward will be a present, and the present will be whatever you want... your very own choice of what kind of virtual reality you want to belong to

I am sure that some anti-virtual-reality organizations will exist and arise from time to time, yes... but they might be very little and they might end up isolated and stick to their own, not able or not wanting to engage with us... such as some small tribal natives still do it, somewhere deep in the jungles

[Weapon77]

Makes sense. But there are also many people like me who really hate social media overall, really only use it to gain information or interact with family and friends, and would be perfectly fine if it all disappeared tomorrow. So they wouldn't even have to be from those tribes to oppose that virtual reality cult. But based on what you've said, it sounds like you think such people would be more likely to move to a new planet than to actively fight the religion. And that logic tracks based on plenty of past human decisions

[Anonymous]

This planet will cease to exist well beyond being a semi molten ball

[Weapon77]

Dude, that won't happen for 1.5 billion years or so, you know that right? 1 billion at the absolute earliest.

200 million years is over 5 times less than that. We could be literal gods by the time Earth melts. So just speculate about the next 200 million years, assuming we are still around and not extinct

[Opinion Owner]

Most of the place is at war and the CCP are gearing up to enslave everyone so at the high end maybe the turn of the next century

[Weapon77]

CCP?

[Opinion Owner]

The Chinese Communist Party

[Weapon77]

Interesting. Surely they would have been replaced by dozens of other governments by then since the current record is about 500 years. No way such a young entity like the CCP would last millions of years.

[Opinion Owner]

Humanity will be wiped out before the start of the next century

[Weapon77]

Actually, no it won't, and I'll bet on that. I guarantee I'll outlive you 😁Even if I'm the last one, I'll still be alive then.

How aboutcha quit being a wet blanket and answer my original question, bruh lol

[Opinion Owner]

It will, that's really not a. surprise given the best outlook is I live to the middle of the century and I answered it you chose to refute my original answer

[Weapon77]

No, you didn't answer it in the slightest. I asked how humans might have evolved by then, and all you could come up with is that the planet will cease to exist. That doesn't even remotely answer my question. I might as well have asked what music styles might be popular in five years, and your reply was that instruments won't exist by then. Ignorant beyond belief. I don't even care to hear an actual answer now. I'll be laughing my ass off when I'm 130 and the Earth and human species is still going strong. I should stop being surprised though, since dumb people like you thrive on the internet. Obviously why you answered anonymously. Anonymous people are always trolls.

[Opinion Owner]

See that's where you're wrong because I'm cold so can see what's coming, you're a typical human with emotions or as I call them weaknesses as nd can't face up to even the concept of mortality whereas without those blinkers I made my piece years ago

[Weapon77]

No, you are weak, plain and simple. I am not regular in any way. If you were as smart as you think you are, you'd realize that. You aren't cold, you're a quitter and a loser. I don't quit. It's called survival of the fittest for a reason, and you won't make the cut, bud. And all your edgelord comments on the internet will be long forgotten. Turn yourself around before it's too late, and you regret how you've spent your life.

[Opinion Owner]

I'm too busy to be edgy, sharpening my knives for the end times, lots of lazy liberals and I'll be waiting to welcome them into my Crockpot, piece by piece

[Weapon77]

Eh, I think most of them will flip sides and become much more conservative in 30 years or less. Humanity goes through cycles where we think being stupid is brilliant lol But we come around eventually... usually after having sense beaten into us or by most of the idiots dying or not reproducing.

Either way, I issue you a personal challenge to end humanity like you say it will. If it's as bad as you say, it will happen on its own, but your help will make certain. But I'll bet everything that you couldn't end humanity in 200 years if you tried. Gentleman's wager.

[Smallboobsgotohell]

Digimon evolutions

[Weapon77]

Interesting answer. I haven't watched much Digimon, so might you elaborate?

Also, your name is wrong because some small boobs are shaped just right haha

[Fuentes]

Probably will be gone lol

[Weapon77]

Based on the evolution of mammals over the last 200 million years, humans (or at least our mammal descendants) will most likely still be around in another 200 million years. So for the sake of the hypothetical, just assume we are still around or some other mammal species descendant from us. What might they look like?