What is next for humans? Evolution question.

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answer:As cool as built-in jetpacks would be, we’re probably not going to be facing much in the upcoming years. As Dr. C. George Boeree writes: “What’s next for Homo sapiens? It seems unlikely that we will be doing too much dramatic evolving, because we are no longer hidden away in isolated ecological niches where mutations have a chance to make their play for survival. Instead, we should move into a phase where we become increasing homogeneous (pardon the pun) as all our different lines of descent begin to intermingle as they have never done before. Only a few features that strongly contribute to success in life—like intelligence—are likely to continue to evolve.”

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