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[pest2]

Interesting article. Doesnt exactly give the reason for it... But I'd assume it might be something like ugly people hooking up with ugly people and attractive people hooking up with attractive people?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=489653&in_page_id=1965

Human race will 'split into two different species'
By NIALL FIRTH - More by this author � Last updated at 16:18pm on 26th October 2007

The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.

100,000 years into the future, sexual selection could mean that two distinct breeds of human will have developed.

The alarming prediction comes from evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics, who says that the human race will have reached its physical peak by the year 3000.


The report claims that after they reach their peak around the year 3000 humans will begin to regress
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These humans will be between 6ft and 7ft tall and they will live up to 120 years.

"Physical features will be driven by indicators of health, youth and fertility that men and women have evolved to look for in potential mates," says the report, which suggests that advances in cosmetic surgery and other body modifying techniques will effectively homogenise our appearance.

Men will have symmetrical facial features, deeper voices and bigger pinisses, according to Curry in a report commissioned for men's satellite TV channel Bravo.

Women will all have glossy hair, smooth hairless skin, large eyes and pert breasstts, according to Curry.

Racial differences will be a thing of the past as interbreeding produces a single coffee-coloured skin tone.

The future for our descendants isn't all long life, perfect bodies and chiselled features, however.

While humans will reach their peak in 1000 years' time, 10,000 years later our reliance on technology will have begun to dramatically change our appearance.

Medicine will weaken our immune system and we will begin to appear more child-like.

Dr Curry said: "The report suggests that the future of man will be a story of the good, the bad and the ugly.

H G Wells' Science Fiction novel The Time Machine (which was later adapted into two films - this picture is from the 2002 version) the human race has evolved into two species, the highly intelligent and wealthy Eloi...

...and the frightening, animalistic Morlock (as seen in the 1960 film version of the classic book)

"While science and technology have the potential to create an ideal habitat for humanity over the next millennium, there is the possibility of a monumental genetic hangover over the subsequent millennia due to an over-reliance on technology reducing our natural capacity to resist disease, or our evolved ability to get along with each other.

"After that, things could get ugly, with the possible emergence of genetic 'haves' and 'have-nots'."

Dr Curry's theory may strike a chord with readers who have read H G Wells' classic novel The Time Machine, in particular his descriptions of the Eloi and the Morlock races.

In the 1895 book, the human race has evolved into two distinct species, the highly intelligent and wealthy Eloi and the frightening, animalistic Morlock who are destined to work underground to keep the Eloi happy.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Does the article explain why evolution will speed up in the next 1,000 years and produce what it hasn't in the last 100,000?

[Czarjorge]

Ever seen "Idiocracy"? It's Mike Judge's directorial follow-up to "Office Space." It's all about the stupid people breeding uncontrollably until everyone on Earth is a moron.

Also, isn't this just the best case scenario version of the future in "The Time Machine"? Instead of intelligent and ugly and beautiful and stupid, you have beautiful and intelligent and ugly and stupid. Unlikely, says I. The world will not break down into just Alphas and Epsilons. You'll always have the gamut, whether this hack "scientist" thinks so or not. I wonder if it's significant that this is coming from a Brit.

[Atavistic]

I know a group of highly educated, successful, mostly good looking people who are refusing to breed because the idiots are already taking over.

This "scientist" doesn't account for that.

Not does he account for natural disasters, war, and advancement of reproductive technologies. People already make test tube babies, why not designer ones? It's not really a huge leap up from choosing to abort girl babies due to sex. So why wouldn't most people choose "better" genes?

Also, why does he equate beauty with smarts? I've seen some damn ugly smart people and some damn stupid pretty people.

[Tony_Balony]

Juxtapose diversity versus the professors prediction. It looks like people like the Koreans are the true keepers of diversity while the multiculturalists are ending it.

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[Qinella]

I love how this unlikely prediction is reported without a hint of skepticism. No balance at all. News outlets are so untrustworthy, it almost hurts to think about.

[hugo_danner]

Junk science from an idiot educated beyond his intelligence level! This is pure crap!

[Juregen]

Bollocks

[Julius]

Grotesquely ugly people not hooking up with beautiful supermodels?

Surely Bangkok or Pattaya would arrest this evolutionary trend?

[pkang0202]

Will we still have our pinky toes?

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