The next ramen review will be up soon! In the meantime, you can read the first two episodes here
1. From the origin of life to the ”Last Common Ancestor"
2. Prokaryote diversification
3. Unicellular eukaryote diversification
4. Multicellularity
5. Invasion of the land
6. Appearance of intelligence and technology."
Just read an interesting article on The Daily Galaxy (link here) about whether the human race is entering a "7th stage of evolution.
As quoted from the website: "Milan Ćirković of the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, and one of the world's leading authorities on astrobiology and the evolution of galaxies and baryonic dark matter, has outlined along with philosopher Robert Bradbury the six great mega-trajectories of the biological evolution on Earth:
1. From the origin of life to the ”Last Common Ancestor"
2. Prokaryote diversification
3. Unicellular eukaryote diversification
4. Multicellularity
5. Invasion of the land
6. Appearance of intelligence and technology."
The article states that the next stage of evolution will be triggered by the "emergence of artificial intelligence". There are some who believe that technology and culture has slowed human evolution, possibly due to a reduced need for physical changes. However the article states that a new study estimates that the rate of evolution in the past 5000 years is more rapid than other periods of evolution, pointing to population size as a main factor.
Ok thats great, but the question is how will the emergence of artificial intelligence affect human evolution? Will population size still remain a factor in deciding rate of evolution? share your opinions in the comment section below!
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