What Will Humans Look Like In A Million Years? | Earth Science
Ойын-сауық
Greg Foot explains how our ancestors evolved over the last one million years and suggests some potential changes that may happen to our species in the future. Subscribe: bit.ly/SubscribeToEarthLab
Welcome to BBC Earth Science! Here we answer all your curious questions about science in the world around you (and further afield too). If there’s a question you have that we haven’t yet answered let us know in the comments on any of our videos and it could be answered by one of our Earth Science experts.
Пікірлер: 759
Our thumbs will become longer in order to reach the far corner of the mobile phone screen.
@user-dn2im7nz7j
5 жыл бұрын
Nader Emeish no mobile phones will be erased
@lagillas
4 жыл бұрын
because the ones who couldn't reach it will die instantly? xD
@barci758
4 жыл бұрын
damn lol xD
@Popzin101
4 жыл бұрын
Nader Emeish how do you think mobile phones will still exist, even in 20 years they’ll be obsolete
@joker3053
4 жыл бұрын
Mobile phone will exist forever
I'd say the eyes will align above the nose: one eye for watching videos and one eye to see where we step.
@barci758
4 жыл бұрын
we already do that while watching anime or dubbed films
@jamespatrick5853
4 жыл бұрын
Yes . Eyes will definitely able to look 2 directions.
@lolidk5747
4 жыл бұрын
Jokes on you I already watch anime
@kaydenlewis9246
3 жыл бұрын
This is a boomer joke
@cessposter
3 жыл бұрын
Or semi transparent screens but let's be lazy shits I guess
1 million years?.......humans might be domestic pets for robots 😃 some might be feral.
@CryptoJordanVR
3 жыл бұрын
Careful who you say that to. That joke could scare people. 😂
@osirianrivers623
3 жыл бұрын
Could very well be an AI commenter up there. Entirely possible imo. And probably not as horrific as people imagine. Were fairly close as it is! Lol
@gulugul78
3 жыл бұрын
@F A I dunno, it was 3 years ago, tasted awful
@2jcward
3 жыл бұрын
We won't be able to tell the difference. Once humans starts replacing parts with machinery, then we'll be in trouble. If over 50% of your body is replacement parts are you considered a human or robot? Once robots become self aware, can they vote?. Thank good I'll be long dead. Sounds complicated.
@cessposter
3 жыл бұрын
@@2jcward if ai becomes self aware in this world, most likely it will get depression
I'll most likely be dead
@jonhkayse
5 жыл бұрын
yeah thats the part that sucks wouldnt be able to see all those things that will happen :/
@Astares9
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonhkayse you are experiencing all life that has been and will be, but you're just confined to one right now. don't sweat it, you're going to experience it all.. just like i will, just like we all will.
@misfitsBP18
4 жыл бұрын
@@Astares9 immortality is gonna be real in like 2040
@hellasgaming5410
4 жыл бұрын
@@misfitsBP18 Maybe not immortality.. But life expectancy would increase more for sure.
@CONGTHEGUERILLA
4 жыл бұрын
*definitely
Think of all the memes we'll have in a million years 8)
I think that with declining birth rates and contraception there will be a lot of changes : selection for women who want to have children, selection for women who have it easier giving birth, selection for babies to be born with smaller heads so that birthing is easier, and more twins will be born. Other than that, less need for sugar, more passive muscle generatjon, better adaption to sitting down - I'd expect those to happen.
@thatonecliquekid2596
Жыл бұрын
and a euphoria from going outside and being in the sun because most humans get no where near the amount of sunlight they need
Assuming we'll live that long.. we might start a couple sub species of humans, for example smaller and shorter human like creatures for exploring space (it saves space and they need less supplies to sustain themselves) or an aquatic like humanoid creature (specifically breeded for aquatic exploration and fishing)
@person4579
2 жыл бұрын
I heard there are people on this island that have evolved over some time to have really long underwater breath and faster swimming because fish was the best food source when natural selection was more abundant in us. I dont know much more.
@crocopie
2 жыл бұрын
We call them Badjaos.
@Gaga2200
2 жыл бұрын
We have that. Its called racsism & colonies
@GuyRandomOne
2 жыл бұрын
Read 'All Tomorrows' by C.M Kosemen
@capo900
2 жыл бұрын
@@person4579 that isnt evolving😂they just really good swimmers
It's difficult to predict, but I assume if things stay the course we won't be that much different on the surface than we are today, because rather than changes through our genes we are at the technological level that we will just change our environment, both externally and internally, to suit our needs. I can see some changes when it comes to food consumption, perhaps becoming more efficient at extracting nutrients and calories; however, that probably won't affect how we look. Given that much of our appearances is connected to hunter-gathering society, and given that most humans no longer engage in that, I can't imagine what ecological pressure that might emerge assuming a continual steady progression. Of course the history of life on Earth is full of sudden catastrophic ecological changes no one could have predicated, so there's always that to consider. The biggest pressure comes down to survival and mate choice, and because for most of us there is a real disconnect between the two, as we are less and less an agrarian society, it's difficult to see individual women (the ultimate drivers of what genes and their traits make it into the next generation) making the kind of mate selection choices that drive physical changes. That being said, other more behavioral traits might come to the forefront now, example, now given that we don't have to hunt for food or protect the food as individuals, perhaps other traits or characteristics will be seen as more valuable. Perhaps women will choose mates that are more compassionate or more willing to help out around the choice. I can see us tinkering around with some internal stuff, such as our microbiome or genes; however, that wouldn't be evolution via natural selection but rather artificial selection, and most likely optional or restricted to very few people.
@Scrub_Lord-en7cq
Жыл бұрын
Nah I believe that there will be more racially mixed ethnicity rather just simple haploid ideology.
As if humans will be around in a million years.
@jamegumb7298
4 жыл бұрын
Homo Novus.
@jalontf2
4 жыл бұрын
True. If anything threatens the planet, the combined forces of The Weapons, Holy, and Lifestream will defeat it I was told
@pitedapollo6175
4 жыл бұрын
Queue 2020
@filowarrior1230
4 жыл бұрын
I highly doubt it
@pastordonkoh7692
4 жыл бұрын
We will be. The most vulnerable period in our history is behind us
It isn't even known if we will still live in 1 million years.
@KateeAngel
6 жыл бұрын
most likely not. humans are too destructive
@al1b4b4_
6 жыл бұрын
They totally are.
@asdfgh6210
6 жыл бұрын
It isn't even known if we will still live tomorrow lol
@lilball8956
6 жыл бұрын
Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump are gonna kill us all.
@creativeusername6453
6 жыл бұрын
If we make it to 2100 I'll eat my shoe
Something I've always considered is that birth defects will become more common place and numerous, due to our enhanced medicine. I wonder what will happen with that?
@guaymaster
6 жыл бұрын
Well, we are working to fix them. Percentage wise, they should be getting lower and lower, although the increase in births should push it up a little. It's kind of like the increase in cancer patients: cancer is something that has higher chances of happening the older you get, and more people are getting older.
@wakofish
6 жыл бұрын
guaymaster no
@corrahayre9020
3 жыл бұрын
I wondered the same thing since they will have better chances of reproduction but maybe genetic manipulation will help
@GuyI9000
2 жыл бұрын
@@corrahayre9020 genetic manipulation will make it worse at some point, viruses hijack our dna, if not eliminated completely what could a virus that hijacks our manipulated dna do?
I'm already noticing that new generations are in average more attractive than the old generations and that's because humans are attracted to beauty (generally) so if it stays this way the future humans will all be super attractive much like how some birds evolved.. As for everything else it probably stays the same
I reckon computer implants will be a thing by then
@jasmynpseudonymous2065
6 жыл бұрын
Joe Brown Ghost in the shell was good, huh?
@Baigle1
6 жыл бұрын
there is no High Assurance Platform for the Internet of Things.
@Saukingalpha
5 жыл бұрын
Hmm let's revisit this comment after million years
@SZAliaBanks
4 жыл бұрын
@@Saukingalpha Lol, I give it 10 years
@markassbrownie
4 жыл бұрын
*Bro* I’ts already starting to become one, don’t know if it will work but Elon Musk explains it and he is making it.
I agree that biologically we are not going to change a huge amount (assuming no genetic manipulation), except if we colonise space. I think the biggest short to medium change will be integration with technology. think neurolink but way more advanced, and add to that AR, possibly with stuff like contact lenses, etc. basically we will "evolve" via integration of of technology. the future is cyborg
@zhannak888
Жыл бұрын
my thoughts exactly
@seamusoreilly804
9 ай бұрын
Agreed. Humans will accelerate towards a post-biologic evolution to take full advantage of AI and the durability of robotics.
A random thought: Today's humans may one day become the ancient common ancestor of one or more separate species. Maybe we're the ancestor to these "aliens" we've thought about so much.
@sexmansex4776
2 жыл бұрын
all tomorrows kind of thing, huh
@nikicarrie4071
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. We are for sure this is so exciting! I’m. Happy 😃
Thumbnail dude said 1:homeless 2:haircut 3:shave beard 4:brain tumor
The graphics! ADORABLE!
@eyesis3305
6 жыл бұрын
reasonably cubic bumblebee Didn't you notice there are only male characters?
@Lihaschu
6 жыл бұрын
Eye Sis oh noes!! Female oppression through cute graphics!!
I feel our eyesight and hearing would improve considering they make us vulnerable once either is gone.
@brighttz
3 жыл бұрын
and maybe our memories too
@14chstr
Жыл бұрын
@@brighttz i think our memory will be less since tech is already helping us. E.g., we're more dependent from google maps rather than our sense of direction nowadays.
@houvanjouwww6399
Жыл бұрын
more people need glasses and have miopia than ever before. Your theory is just natural, and humans dont tend to stay natural * using clothes, movile phones, glasses, fire, candles, medicine, machines, electricity.........)
@martialartsnerd7673
9 ай бұрын
I feel the opposite. We abuse our hearing through consistent loud sounds. People are losing hearing at younger ages. I believe if this continues will eventually start naturally losing hearing at a younger age. Also screen time does effect eyesight as well. And with youth constantly in their phones and laptops over time I feel that will inherently affect our future generations eyesight. May take 100s of years but I think there will be a correlation.
I'm gonna start eat healthy I gotta see those things
Artificial evolution. One word : CRISPR
What about ceasing existence as a physical human and just uploading your consciousness into a virtual world? I'd do it :P
@shirshakbt
6 жыл бұрын
Maybe we already are in the Matrix built by our predecessors.
@JenoSnetrem
3 жыл бұрын
@@duncanhw It's a conundrum to be sure, but not a paradox. There could in theory be two 'me's', one virtual, one real. The more realistic way at first would likely be more of a "the matrix" solution where your body and mind stay but you're connected to a virtual world.
@JenoSnetrem
3 жыл бұрын
@@duncanhw you're absolutely right. I figured that after I replied too. No reason that you can't copy the mind infinite times if you can copy it once. It's only data at that point after all. Aye, who knows man, it's all theoretical at this point :)
@houvanjouwww6399
Жыл бұрын
how
Wow, we have the ability to be the aliens in the movies we make! Considering we movie to different planets or develop colonies in space.
I thought evolution could be very fast. For example, weeds in urban areas have heavier seeds to have a high chance to to land in soil instead of crash landing into a sidewalk block.
I'm considering doing a research project on viewing natural selection through the lens of civilization. I'm thinking that since this cycle of civilization is fairly recent (10,000 years or so) that there's a conflict between our nature and our environment because we have not yet evolved to civilization. Over time, unless our natures prevail, we'll become more civilized (i.e., more adapted to civilization and more capable of fulfilling the social contract). But since we're not that genetically different than early humans, we haven't reached that stage of human evolution yet. Let me know what you think.
@swaggycharan9749
10 ай бұрын
bro do u have insta so that i can
You forgot about sexual selection. Anything that is perceived as attractive will be selected for. This will likely be the driving force for humans.
@reizayin
6 жыл бұрын
The rich will always dominate.
@MegaFlorest
6 жыл бұрын
Have you ever been in a Walmart? Ugly people procreate too.
@criminalconcept7126
5 жыл бұрын
Nah there will still be a ugly gene. Natural selection doesnt target ugly people so yea
@raccoonman4691
5 жыл бұрын
That changes all the time. For example in the last ten years it’s seen as more attractive for women to have bigger thighs and bums and all that. Whereas 20,30 years ago skinnier people were preferred. Back in medieval times the women with bigger bellies (the ones seen in the nude art you see in castles) humans change their mind too much for that to affect our appearance in the distant future
@kaministquiamahackamack336
4 жыл бұрын
The men of the future will look and act like smug cocky athletic giggilos and the women of the future will look and act like JAV models.
Somewhere I've heard that our toes will disappear, since we're perhaps the only species that uses footwear
@xxxod
3 жыл бұрын
Foot fetishism will die... will we evolve biological Jordans? Jordans made out of flesh we are born with?
@techsupport6448
2 жыл бұрын
we use are toes to balance... bruh
does anyone have any articles or papers on this stuff, im doing a project on this
Genetic engineering, increases in consciousness with science as our aid to actually train us. Evolution has hit a point where we're adapting ourselves to our ideals rather than randomness eventually adapting to environment. Science in psychology and philosophical truths will eventually be defined (I imagine not in a simple way) and this with all the technology and more organised information will be more and more implemented exponentially in better and more diverse ways.
Could Humans diverge into seperate species again just loki 40000+ years ago we had Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans
@dekippiesip
4 жыл бұрын
Only if we colonize different planets. On earth globalization is just too advanced for this to happen.
Can someone put a time stamp we’re he talks about how we would look
Even how we move would actually change our way of evolving in time. How we live, where we ilive and what we do. Everything matters but It has to take time, which is Also why only major changes still only does happen
Nice video. I think it was very well explained. But the changes in the genpool would not appear because every spaceship or colonie will be so well equipped with health care and food supplies etc.that there wouldn't be random advantages that caused a difference.
@shirshakbt
6 жыл бұрын
advantages like, being less prone to bone loss in space?
I prefer Dougal Dixon's Man After Man interpretation where telepathy exists
We will all wear a silver unisex jumpsuit, entire meals will come in pill form, we will all have jet packs and robot dogs, and the living will envy the dead.
Hi! Does anyone have any ideas or hypothesis about bipedalism changes? As we are bipedal it puts so much stress on out back knees and feet as well as hips. Any ideas in how evolution could tamper with this to make us better walkers?!
@houvanjouwww6399
Жыл бұрын
I dont know, but watching us get more back,spine,knee,feet and hand problems seems to tell a story of a disfunctional species
the amish gonna look crazy in a million years
We'll end up looking like Aliens
Great show !! Love the presentation style.
2:30. Anyone that thinks evolution (including by natural selection) isn't working on humans any more simply doesn't understand evolution any better then the people who think crocoducks is how it works.
@severusfloki5778
5 жыл бұрын
what do u mean
We will look like our dads in a million years. If u get it, u get it.
Here's a better question, what will you look like in 1 million years? The answer is dust.
Lovely video! Greetings from one of those people who live in the Andes...
@GregFoot
6 жыл бұрын
Holger Ortega M. Hello the Andes! Beautiful area of the world! 👋
@HolgerOrtegaM
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad you like it!!
Evolution in consciousness is greater than evolution of the body. A truly superior mind should produce a superior body that eventually will be unlimited & not subject to error.
Extreme radiation and the lack of gravity from space travel will have the most profound effects on us genetically imo.
The answer is in movie "Idiocracy" (2006). And maybe also in "Zardoz" (1974)..
Yo honestly at this point, with the advancement of computers, were probably gonna be able to perfectly simulate almost anything. We could probably in the future find a way to keep the human genome more and more normal, and optimized. Like if you really wanted, in the future you could probably get your sperm sent in to get upgraded by people to a certain model, and then have it develop to a human. Like it seems to be the best option for evolution. Not only do you have that, but with the free market, having genome optimization probably isnt even a bad thing. Your gonna have all sorts of designs coming out from all sorts of companies, and your gonna also have Open source designs people might chose. With proper regulation in the next 200 years it might not even be a massive deal. Its gonna be stupid to try to program a human to be loyal to a certain party. No one wants some ultra nationalistic kid. People are gonna want successful and supportive kids, so theres not gonna be any bias in the market imo. Ethics aside, the theory of evolution doesnt even apply to us. We can litterally steer our species whichever direction we want.
@martialartsnerd7673
9 ай бұрын
I feel the opposite, I believe this advancement in technology will eventually be what ends us. There is nothing normal about manipulating the natural process of things.
I think we will lose a lot of muscles since many are not needed anymore or at least less
It's interesting to step back and consider what was once needed for survival pre-medicine/technology (ex. immune system, physical strength, agility, etc.) versus what gives one the best chances to reproduce/survive today. Imagine, for instance, that some deadly pandemic kills most of us, or climate change, nuclear war, etc. Then the surviving gene pool would likely be made up of only people who are resistant or immune. It's happened many times in our past and likely will in the future.
from the thumbnail it looks like in the future we'll look like Tobias Funke
does anyone think we're kind of unlucky. This is one of the first times ive realized that im at the pinnacle of exponential human technological improvement, but I will probably not live long enough to see the best of it. We think about the next 100 years, but what about 10,000. Humans are sure to be around for a ridiculus amount of time- but I feel as if we are still very primal at this point. I don't know why but I've always assumed I was going to be one of the last generations. Healthcare and medicine are sure to grow to a point of no disease, lifespans could reach thousands of years through our improved use of computers which I will likely never experience- and humans could potentially live for millions of years after me. But maybe a singularity is on the horizon which will mark all future growth needless. If anyone is reading this comment, the year is 2022. I don't know where my life is going, but this comment is sure to last a lot longer than my human lifespan. The internet is potentially going to be around for an absurd amount of time and my imprint will likely outlive me thousands of times over. I am just a lowely human from the wrong era. weep for me.
I just want a video about what monkeys look like in the future, but to be fair we are also Anthropoids. So not entirely off with the expectation i had.
I know this is totally unrelated to the topic, but does anybody know what the atom symbols with the numbers that are appearing during the video mean?
I watch an ad forgetting about the video
Don't be ridiculous, we'll be long gone.
The video starts at 3:00 (I don't need to look up a video on the internet to see what people speculate, I can just think of crap myself if I wanted to know that). Otherwise nice video.
i like ur presentation skill. Its more of interactive. gud 2 knw u buddy. will b xpctin more of scientific videos, space and evolution kinda.
Man's mouth would have probably moved to the belly so it would be easier to eat.
What is your skincare routine?
Your thumb movement reminds me by the Nintendo XD
You sound like you're about to sneeze any moment now! :)
I think it will be evolution of technology more so than organic form from this point. we will fully merge with it
@honkhonk8009
2 жыл бұрын
Nah i think were gonna be more easily integrated with it. If you want a next gen human as your son, your gonna want him to integrated proceses that can easily interact with modern day computers and shit. I think People are gonna change their genome so it would better fit modern needs.
Honestly I personally see people getting to be much more integrated with tools. Whoever is easier to do surgery on, is probably gonna create some sort of evolutionarily incentive, and as a result, a less complex system is gonna be easier to integrate with modern tools.
you almost at 100k early congratulations! 😄
What if those back then humans laughing at us today
In a million years? We'll be long gone. Either through extinction, or, we'll have evolved into something else. But we won't be humans. Even if environmental pressure isn't there anymore, technology will have played a part in transforming us into something very different, superior, to the fragile form we take today.
@kaydenlewis9246
3 жыл бұрын
I dont think we will change our base look if we can choose though, we like the way we look, yea we might make our selves buffer and taller but if we can choose we will probably keep our faces
@darrellgainer6966
2 жыл бұрын
@@kaydenlewis9246 in a millions years we would not keep our same faces🤡
@kaydenlewis9246
2 жыл бұрын
@@darrellgainer6966 in a million years everyone will be different, because there is no natural selection when every difficulty we face, we find a way to counteract it
@kaydenlewis9246
2 жыл бұрын
@@darrellgainer6966 also he was talking about using technology to change how we look
Well apparently we might loose our pinky toes As we evolved them to help our feet grasp on to branches But cuz we don’t do that anymore we might loose them
We'd probably look like the freaking engineers from Prometheus tbh
Evolution: develops lactose tolerance in 10000 years Lactose/gluten intolerance movement: hold my beer
due to the change of warmth, I think humans will loose even more hair and have smooth silky skin. -simsamsimsam
Great stuff again young chap. I evolved once and it was huge fun. Highly recommended. Waiting for my kids to catch on . .
@GregFoot
6 жыл бұрын
Steve Lofthouse cheers! And kids won't realise until they've upped and left! Always the way 😝
5:20 surely for evolution to do its job there, humans will have to be allowed to die because it's a bit cold, leading those with better mutations to deal with the cold better to survive and pass on those traits while those without are killed off. I'm hoping a colony capable of travelling to other planets will have the technology to... you know, keep warm..
The average Japanese is 7 inches taller than they were pre-WWII. It's a fact. It's about nutrition.
I didn't get an answer for the question. I got some fantasies and the same question thrown back at me at the end of the video. Does it take so much to say that you don't know?
One need only look at the sacrum to see that we are still a work in progress.
How about if our brain ability become as powerfull as we do every physical movements by our brain rather body parts? And we excute every pla or design through brain electro magnetic fields?
Change is suffering and we as people are good at avoiding suffering. I
We be watching this in 2020 and he saying self isolating me now THIS WAS A MILLION YEARS AGO?
sometimes i feel like that caveman in a suit in the big city at 0:35
Greg, if you could mutate to have an ability, what would you choose?
not the fidget spinner 😭😭
Alien Grays in about 50,000 years.
We'd probably evolve thicker skin to deal with space radiation.
Please tell me that mustaches will not survive much more evolution!!
We will look like a super-advanced computer.
Traits you adapt to for survival would not be dominant in humans because we don't seek mates for survival anymore.
Great video
Bring back some seasons
when ur hungover and you read "what humus will look like in..... You may find yourself here
@sweepyourspeech8350
2 жыл бұрын
you oh no will climate change cause food to change
Genetic engineering means we have absolutely no idea
Humans should physically evolve to be like'Pickle' from the baki series and mentally evolve to be a genius .
anyone else kinda confused about how he pronouces evolution? He says it like eeevelution whereas i thought it was meant to be pronounced with a short e? Just me? okay.
@jugular2797
3 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of an accent?
Let’s try to make it to the end of this century before speculating 1 millions years in the future. The odds that we will probably succeed at transform our planet to a sterile space rock look numerous right now.
I literally thought that by the next million years there would be a human evolution like fantasy stuff in animes like ever imagine traveling in space and meet elf alien creatures that are adorable lol well that's my personal wanting TVT
Compared to previous updates of primitive humans, we will most likely unfortunately lose our hair, due to us making synthetic heating and cooling solutions for our bodies like clothes and hvac. We also don't need to be strong due to us making firearms. Skulls may become more rounded and larger, for an efficient brain. Our bodies may lose a few bones for more space due to obesity if it gets worse.
I think it will depend if we are able to leave the planet and colonize other systems. In 1 million years we could populate the galaxy and even turn into different species depending on the planet or system we are in
@Xiefux
6 жыл бұрын
Geomaverick124 if you think you can populate the galaxy in a million years you are seriously underestimating the size of it.
@Geomaverick124
6 жыл бұрын
Xiefux well with the rate at which our technology is going we very well could in 1 million years. Just a couple 100 years ago it was deemed impossible to believe we would go into space or send probes to mars or Saturn. If our technology never changed or we blew ourselves to bits you would be right but at the rate technology is going even in 1000 years what we deem impossible today maybe possible then. Given enough time anything is possible.
@Xiefux
6 жыл бұрын
if we never find out how to go faster than light speed then we will proly only populate a small area
@Geomaverick124
6 жыл бұрын
Xiefux i agree with you on that...finding a way to move faster than light would be the only was we could do it.
Very nice vid, Greg! You are a great presenter👍
Honestly I don’t think we’ll ever go extinct because of evolution. I mean the technology we have made is just phenomenal. I honestly think that we’re going to find another planet and live there.
@houvanjouwww6399
Жыл бұрын
We cant even map all the ocean (the biggest mass on our planet) and you think we can discover beyond. ARE YOU KIDDING¿????
Could people with conditions/disabilities as we would word it, possibly be a more advanced or evolutionary being?
2:26 Easy, I use my pinkies to text xd
Outer Limits-"The Sixth Finger"