Will the human race ever die out?

Question

human race

Answer 1

yeah course we will, or we might just evolve into some cool creature with wings and gillls and other usefull stuff then we wont be humans so that counts i think

Answer 2

Nah, I don't think people as living creatures will ever go completely extinct, but....

I can see how, if we aren't *very* careful, we could end up *devolving* or degenerating, losing our intelligence and free will piece by piece (from culturally and perhaps religiously enforced lack of use) until we pass a tipping point and *collapse* from having a civilization, and wind up more like an *anthill* or a *beehive* made of primates. This can happen with vertebrates.....naked mole rats live just like this, they are eusocial and live in a manner *very* like ants, only larger and uglier.

But I digress, point is we still have time to correct that course of affairs. We *do*, however, have to *actively DO something* to correct that, this isn't a problem that will go away on its own if we see fit to ignore it. We have to take measures that insure that both humanity and our civilizations keep moving *forward* in their progress, and not *backwards* into feral barbarity or *sideways* into an unproductive dead-end.

And no, I'm not one to dictate and micromanage all of this for you.....I can suggest things, but I'm just this guy, you know? At that point it would all be in my opinion and from my experience, both of which have their biases. And both of which might be wrong on some issues.

And having a Maximum Leader *drag you guys* kicking and screaming into a future *in the name of preserving free will and intellect* rather misses the point, doesn't it? ^_^

But yeah....I hope this is helpful. Thanks for your time, and good Question!

Answer 3

I saw a really interesting chart in the Natural History museum show various species and when they first appeared and disappeared from the fossil record. Most seem to last around 50million years before they have either become extinct or changed into something else. Since the earliest proto humans seem to have appeared around 5 million years ago (and modern humans about 100,000 years ago) we've got a way to go yet

Answer 4

Yes, that is why it is called a race.

We will all perish some day. This rock will become uninhabitable due to either our neglect or some external cause.

Maybe if we last long enough we can start colonizing other galaxies and have offshoot races evolve; who knows.

Answer 5

Yes of course it will. Perhaps the same way the dinosaurs did, with a large meteor hitting the earth some day.

Answer 6

If we keep giving homosexuals and "others" more rights and better paying jobs and political spots---then yes. They can't pro-create, just recruit.

Don't get me wrong---I have worked with and partied with a lot of gays in my time and am not homophobic---just don't understand the concept. Some say they were born that way and I really don't believe that.

Answer 7

Sure, if there was a massive world war or epidemic of some kind or if Earth becomes uninhibitable.

Answer 8

mabye on April 13, 2036, an astriode might hit earth, I saw it on the discovery channel

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

everything happens in cycles, we may find ourselves like so many alligators or turtles in a few million years