Posted on 06/07/2013 2:53:14 PM PDT by 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
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Considering that in the past hundred years we have gone from early vacuum tubes and simple radios to the electronics and computer networks of today, I would be surprised if it took even a hundred years more to get direct neural interfaces. Why bother with big eyes when you can run your computer directly into your optic nerve.
Then we can all get morbidly obese and have little piggy eyes. Yes people, without careful selective breeding the future looks a lot like Michael Moore.
100,000 years?
I wonder how big QE 978,453,242,354,535,342,653 will be?
Dude, I look like that now.
Quit looking at me like that!
“The Grays” do look exactly like a civilization who gave up all their physical strength due to advanced technology. Huge brains, eyes and hands with tiny bodies.
Where did you find that picture of Valerie Jarret? Yesterday I was trying to decide what she looked like and that’s her!
They look like that because by then, Colorado will have made Crack Legal. They look completely stoned!
Easy to see why Mary Matlin calls her hubby “Serpent Head.”
You asked for it!
Aaaaaaaagggghhhh!!!!
ROFL!!!
Compare to to this...
So basically humanity is gonna look like we came from a Japanese cartoon show....
That is unless we start crossing people genetically with animals....
Shuddderrrrr.....
I’m afraid of your cousin.
;]
Someone found the Enlarge Tool on Photoshop.
I can make wild speculations too.
In the Year 2525 Man will look this:
Two Eyes, A Nose and A Mouth.
That is IF Man is still alive....
He’s no longer with us.
OMG...so sorry.
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