The Future of Human Evolution?

Humanity will change. Or be replaced. Or go extinct. An exploration of the many potential posthuman offspring of humankind, from the biological to the artificial. --- C. M. Kosemen YouTube: C. M. Kosemen Patreon: C. M. Kosemen Website: Thumbnail by: What do you imagine when I say the future of human evolution? A superbeing with powers beyond comprehension? A mutated oddity far removed from our idea of humanity? Or perhaps nothing but decaying remains left in the wake of our extinction? Scientists and sci-fi authors have long speculated on what our future selves will look like — and as technology advances, our species might evolve much faster than natural selection would typically allow. So, for this entry into the archive, we’ll explore posthuman scenarios from the absurd to the frighteningly plausible — and meet the many possible successors to humankind… 0:00 Future of Human Evolution 0:43 Man After Graham 4:23 The Atomic Mutant 7:41 The Extinction Alternative 10:23 A Planet of Apes 13:38 Rise of the Superhuman 16:18 Technological Ascension 19:02 Who We Choose to Be Copyright Disclaimer: Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. All video/image content is edited under fair use rights for reasons of commentary. I do not own the images, music, or footage used in this video. All rights and credit goes to the original owners. Media Shown: Project Graham, All Tomorrows, Man After Man, Last and First Men, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Chernobyl, The Time Traveler, Fallout, World Without End, Beyond the Time Barrier, Day the World Ended, Peace on Earth, Metropolis, Cyberpunk 2077, Signalis, Altered Carbon, Akira, Scanners, The Sender, Firestarter, Lucy, Watchmen, Man of Steel, X-Men ♫ Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio: Mysterious Green Fluid, Sanity Unravels, Haddonfield Horror, Alone in the Dark, Dusk, The Witch, The Vanishing, Tenebrae, The Guardian ♫ Additional music by Kevin MacLeod (): Beauty Flow Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 #CuriousArchive #Worldbuilding #SpeculativeBiology