Does Humanity End With Us?

[Soviet Heavy]

Homo Sapiens are the last beings in the Homo Genus still alive. That of an entire set of similar animals, we being the only ones left seems rather disheartening. While our species has grown over the millenniums, we are still alone, the last of the bipedal apes.

After we are gone, who will rise to replace us?

EDIT
Changed the title to better reflect what I'm trying to ask.

 

[MammothBlade]

Chances are if humanity dies off, we will have taken most vertebrate life down the abyss with us in our quest for survival.

Invertebrates, though... Octopi will rule the world! They have a lot of potential. A different sort of nervous system perhaps, but if their already advanced intelligence develops any further it could rival human mental capacity.

 

[Aidinthel]

The reason the other members of the Homo genus are extinct is because they had to compete with us. There are approximately 7,000,000,000 humans on the planet, and that number is growing. By what measure are we "dying off"?

 

[VincentX3]

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[Soviet Heavy]

The reason the other members of the Homo genus are extinct is because they had to compete with us. There are approximately 7,000,000,000 humans on the planet, and that number is growing. By what measure are we "dying off"?

Well, we managed to all but annihilate an entire set of similar species within a few thousand years. That's unprecedented in the entire history of the world. The Homo Genus ends with us. Many of the other species within Homo Genus lived simultaneously with one another, but they're all gone. We have no competition, no separate species to contend with us for dominance. After us, there is no one left from our biological group to replace us. We might extend our reach and our existence for millions of years, but once we as a species ceases to be, that's it for the Homo Genus.

 

[Slaanesh]

Who would replace us? Homo Novus

Also, I really don't think we are "dying off."

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Who would replace us? Homo Novus

Also, I really don't think we are "dying off."

I changed the title, after I considered that it wasn't really what I wanted to ask. Is that thing from Metro 2033?

 

[neonsword13-ops]

KITTEN OVERLORDS! I ACCEPT THEE!

OT: To be honest, I have no idea. Who knows, there might be some kind of new bacteria that alters into some sort of fish man.

 

[kenu12345]

The reason the other members of the Homo genus are extinct is because they had to compete with us. There are approximately 7,000,000,000 humans on the planet, and that number is growing. By what measure are we "dying off"?

Well, we managed to all but annihilate an entire set of similar species within a few thousand years. That's unprecedented in the entire history of the world. The Homo Genus ends with us. Many of the other species within Homo Genus lived simultaneously with one another, but they're all gone. We have no competition, no separate species to contend with us for dominance. After us, there is no one left from our biological group to replace us. We might extend our reach and our existence for millions of years, but once we as a species ceases to be, that's it for the Homo Genus.

youre just assume new types of homo genus dont arise between that time.Evolution my friend.

 

[Aidinthel]

*snip*

I'm inclined to think that anything that kills us off would also have eliminated our "relatives".

 

[Soviet Heavy]

The reason the other members of the Homo genus are extinct is because they had to compete with us. There are approximately 7,000,000,000 humans on the planet, and that number is growing. By what measure are we "dying off"?

Well, we managed to all but annihilate an entire set of similar species within a few thousand years. That's unprecedented in the entire history of the world. The Homo Genus ends with us. Many of the other species within Homo Genus lived simultaneously with one another, but they're all gone. We have no competition, no separate species to contend with us for dominance. After us, there is no one left from our biological group to replace us. We might extend our reach and our existence for millions of years, but once we as a species ceases to be, that's it for the Homo Genus.

youre just assume new types of homo genus dont arise between that time.Evolution my friend.

The only place new Homo Genus can come from now is from us. We are the only ones left. Anything that comes after will be an evolution of Homo Sapiens, not a separate species. They will be a continuation, but it won't broaden out the genus. The odds of two separate homo species being born of a single homo species would be next to impossible.

 

[MammothBlade]

The reason the other members of the Homo genus are extinct is because they had to compete with us. There are approximately 7,000,000,000 humans on the planet, and that number is growing. By what measure are we "dying off"?

We're becoming genetically weaker as a species due to the lack of natural selection, and are thus increasingly dependent on technology just to survive. We're draining the planet of raw materials, and the earth's resources can't support this sort of exponential growth of human activity and consumption. Something's going to give way sooner rather than later - the food supply, water supply, or energy supply, and it will make life more difficult for almost everyone. Instead of a constant net decrease in the population, birth rates will stay the same but death and infant mortality rates will skyrocket. It's time we came to terms with some very sobering facts. The human population is increasing, and the rate of consumption of resources is too. I'm not a pessimist by nature, I'm much more of a long-term optimist, I just think that these are going to be big problems which humans have to answer to.

 

[Slaanesh]

Who would replace us? Homo Novus

Also, I really don't think we are "dying off."

I changed the title, after I considered that it wasn't really what I wanted to ask. Is that thing from Metro 2033?

Yes it is.
Also, if we were to die off, humanity does end with us. Cause humanity is made up of humans. No humans, no humanity.

 

[kenu12345]

@sovietheavy
yes but if some theory didnt all species evolve from a single ancestry and branch off from there. im not saying two whole different species but a new species arising better suited for whatever happens.
btw anyone here read The Time Traveler?

 

[Switchblade 327]

Well, knowing how evolution works, we'll either move further down the line of species adaptations...

Or we'll all kill each other over some stupid bullshit like which of our imaginary friends named "God" is the strongest or or Russia doing something that the United States had done only a short time earlier which America wets her goddamn pants at and almost starts a life-ending (that is, life as a phenomenon, not as one specific life) nuclear war.

What?

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Insect people. They will change a few things.

 

[CODE-D]

I from the future can say no and to keep an eye on those damn dirty chimps.

Also pandas beware the pandas.

 

[Edgeless]

The answer is obvious. Humanity will end, the human spirit will live on.

We're all going to turn into tang on account of the Third Impact caused by a pasty white girl and her friend with daddy issues.