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potential successor species to humanity; Who'd fill in our niche?
Topic Started: Oct 11 2017, 09:16 AM (2,085 Views)
Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu
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But this thread is already full of examples. Do you want to repeat what the other said before? The best candidates to replace humans are some unspecialized life forms which, by chance, will take our place. Evolution, like history, do not like repetition.
Edited by Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu, Mar 11 2018, 08:58 AM.
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Jinfengopteryx
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I did not ask you personally to provide me an example. I was just saying that "let evolution decide" does not address the thread's question.
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Quote:
 
Evolution, like history, do not like repetition.

Sabretooths and religious warfare would like to say hello
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Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu
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But an answer like rats, crows, chimpanzees, wolves, cephalopods is based on what? All these life forms are already very specialized, and none of them is 'human-like'. I would say that a common shrew (Sorex araneus), by chance, being very primitive, omnivorous, widespread, adaptable, and unspecialized, could become, if evolution will repeat all the steps which produced us (Homo sapiens), in about 150 millions years, a human-like intelligent, rocket scientist, 'new primate'. Otherwise, no way.
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So, are you saying that this thread is pointless because we cannot make any predictions whatsoever and the chances of rats becoming sapient are equal to those of jellyfish?
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Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu
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It is just a supposition. Maybe more than one life form on Earth will become the next 'Homo sapiens', not necessarily at the same moment. Maybe on other planets there are already 'Homo sapiens'-like life forms who one day will come to Earth to take our place.
Edited by Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu, Mar 11 2018, 07:58 PM.
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Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu
Mar 11 2018, 07:58 PM
It is just a supposition. Maybe more than one life form on Earth will become the next 'Homo sapiens', not necessarily at the same moment.
While that could be true, the successor would be the first of these.
Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu
Mar 11 2018, 07:58 PM
Maybe on other planets there are already 'Homo sapiens'-like life forms who one day will come to Earth to take our place.
This is not what the thread is asking for.
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Claudiu Constantin Nicolaescu
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Ok. I say the common shrew (Sorex araneus) will become the successor species to humanity in about 150-250 million years of evolution.
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