How The Human Face Might Look In 100,000 Years

Forbes via Yahoo news ^ | June 7 | Parmy Olsen

[Michael.SF.]

Designer Lamm's depiction of how the human face might look in 100,000 years; Image credit Nickolay Lamm

We've come along way looks-wise from our homo sapien ancestors. Between 800,000 and 200,000 years ago, for instance, rapid changes in Earth climate coincided with a tripling in the size of the human brain and skull, leading to a flattening of the face. But how might the physiological features of human beings change in the future, especially as new, wearable technology like Google Glass change the way we use our bodies and faces? Artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm has partnered with a computational geneticist to research and illustrate what we might look like 20,000 years in the future, as well as 60,000 years and 100,000 years out. His full, eye-popping illustrations are at the bottom of this post.

Lamm says this is "one possible timeline," where, thanks to zygotic genome engineering technology, our future selves would have the ability to control human biology and human evolution in much the same way we control electrons today

[Michael.SF.]

First thing I thought of when I saw the picture was the guy who does these paintings:

Those paintings have always creeped me out.

[GraceG]

The Greys are just Us visiting ourselves from the future....

That is one theory.

Another theory is that they are from a previous civilisation in earth's history from 100,000 + years ago that developed tech and then left the earth and they come back from time to check things out...and probe rednecks...

[Salamander]

There was an old TV show that claimed a rash of mysterious fires in motels wherever the “sad big-eyed kids” paintings were displayed.

Fires or not, they give me the heebie jeebies.

[and clowns...I hate clowns]

[cripplecreek]

LOL we’re gonna look like sad puppies and sad kitties?

[bigbob]

I wonder, is calling them “Grey” racist?

[Salamander]

[Williams]

So they think it will take 20,000 years to implant some “google glasses” type ring in the eyes, but we have to wait 60,000 years to get some bone implant above the ears?

Me thinks they cannot figure out where we and technology will be in 60,000 years.

[Tijeras_Slim]

ping to quality art

[Tax-chick]

What a surprise, it’s the Asgard.

[JoeProBono]

[Michael.SF.]

Here is the actual picture from the article:

[Michael.SF.]

Thanks

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

My cousin painted this these:

[Carry_Okie]

Laz would hit it.

[Flag_This]

People will “evolve” to look like anime drawings?

[diamond6]

I get the distinct feeling that I’m being watched.

[txnativegop]

This is very creepy hypothetical conjecture.

[huldah1776]

Creepy absolutely. I would like to know how someone looked after living 900 years. supposedly like a neanderthal. :) Gravity, you know.

[muglywump]

What is the frequency, Kenneth?

[Jeff Head]

I think they are extra-dimensional, and not necessarily extra-terrestrial.