What will humans look physically in the future?

Assuming humanity hasn't wiped itself out, what do you think we'll look like a million years from now?

I think;

More intelligent, less body hair.

Less races, because of inter-racial marriages (does this mean more hot bi-racial chicks? Hopefully).

There are very few languages, as it is more convenient. Many are recorded and not lost, but no one learns them as it is impracticable.

People are much taller.

Oops, sorry about the title. Bad grammar is bad.

There, those are mine. What are your predictions for the evolution of humanity? Please note, we are excluding cybernetic implants and genetic enhancement.

 

We will have heightened senses: sight, hearing, etc. And that 'designer babies' thing might take off so you never know.

I think that within the next few hundred years we will have had to move planets anyway so whatever evolutional adjustments that requires...

I need a Valium.

 

Give me one too, please.

 

I think we all might need one.

 

Considering technology and and all the advances we've made in medicine, transportation, protection etc etc. I don't think we'll be seeing drastic changes in physical appearance of human beings. Evolution is what happens when a species is forced to adapt to survive, and the more qualified variations of that species live, while the others are weeded out. Being stronger or faster or taller than someone else doesn't really make as much of a difference in today's world as it would have millions of years ago. Currently I think general theory is that the frontal lobes of our brains are the only things evolving at a significant rate. The only thing that's going to change our physical appearance will be combination of all races or the domination of one particular race. But let me add...this is only my personal guess, I'm certainly not going to pretend I know for sure what will happen over the course of another million years.

 

we'll be the color green... absorbing sunlight, like plants and we'd only ever have to drink water. and we'd communicate only telepathically.

 

people will actually be much shorter i'm predicting...

 

I think we're practically the same besides perhaps some tiny differences. If there will be big changes it will be because we messed with our dna ourselves.

 

It won't happen, except on a small scale. Think about it - how big does a spaceship have to be to house a million people? Now multiply that by ten thousand to make room for ten billion people - What are the chances of us mining enough minerals from the moon/asteroids/wherever to build ten thousand spaceships, each as big as a city?
And then there's the fuel for them, too.

 

Hopefully like humans. The universe can use humans.

 

By the way, the size of the spaceship is not really the issue. You don't need a million people in a spaceship to populate another planet. The biggest problem will stay the distance to the next suitable planet I think. Unfortunately it's just not likely yet that we colonize another planet. Yeah, perhaps a moonbase in our own solarsystem.

Haha, not if they don't change! Uhm, in what way do you mean that anyway? It seems to me the most part of the universe does pretty fine without us.

 

Thats weird u don't leave allot to talk about because that's the only way the human body could change in the future.

 

larger brain cases. we may regrow fur and tails and all that too, but only one million years might be much to soon to expect that much visible change to occur naturally.

but i do think larger brains will continue to be naturally selected for.

 

I think people will definitely continue to get taller, not smarter though, we'll just learn more. Most people will have brown/coffee coloured skin, at least a certain, mid to higher class of society will, as they can afford to go out, mingle, travel, meet more people from different backgrounds. I'm not saying they're necessarily more open minded, but being exposed to an international audience does broaden the mind.

Being highly mixed race myself, genes and physical appearance have always interested me, and I find it exciting that more people will look like me, well, have a similar 'look' to me in the future. I'm personally attracted to mixed race people as well, I wonder if I wasn't of mixed race, would I still like mixed race women, or be more attracted to the race I was from?

They should do a survey, I'd like to see the results.

And you can see it taking place infront of our eyes, look at the typical african-american today, compared to an actual African. There's a large Indian community in Australia, and as far as I know, there are no Indian only schools, give it a few generations, we'll start seeing more brown coloured people with caucasian features.

There's a place in Australia called Broom, and some of the most beautiful women I've seen all live there. Aborigines, which are generally considered ugly, have children there with blue eyes, they're absolutely stunning, it's a real sight to see.

 

You've taken a different angle: looking at our past to determine our future. Awesome.

Several years ago I watched an incredible documentary about the genetic search for 'Scientific Adam' - the father of all men. Obviously, he came from Africa (I hope the KKK knows this) and the research they are doing for this project is ongoing and, apparently, will one day be able to determine where any person on earth originated from. The way you look says less and less about you every day. For example, Thomas Jefferson seems to be descended from the middle-east.

One tiny island off the coast of Africa called Pate, where a lot of trading from all over has gone on for many years reveals that most of it's islanders are descended from almost every continent - Europe, Asia, etc. Plus, an identical mutation was found on the Y chromosome of most men, which means they are related - probably you or someone you know has inherited the mutation. A test showed that 16 million tested men were cousins.

Tangent? Well, I thought it was interesting...​

 

even bigger brains, and more dexterus forepaws, but at the same time a return to pointy ears, floofy tails, and fur.

not that a mere thousand years would likely change our appearance by natural processes, but a number of experiences over the next few decades and centuries might shorten the curve.

how we'll be living and our outlook on doing so will more likely change far more rapidly and dramatically.

some things we take for granted will either change so radically we, from today, wouldn't be able to recognize them, or disappear entirely.

some things we though were lost will re-appear, while other things, yet to be imagined will become common place as well.

there is a possibility we may have destroyed ourselves by unintentional alterations to our environment. but there is also a possibility that we won't.