What Will Happen to Humans in the Future?

What is Going to Happen to Humans?

For the past 30 years, I've had an interest in what will happen to humans in the future. A reasonable way to approach this is to take a look at the past – history.

The Timeline of Human Development

The most widely accepted place of human origins is Africa approximately 200,000 years ago. It was at that time that modern humans with a 1400 cm³ brain were produced by our ancient ancestors. Around 60,000 years ago humans began a worldwide migration which ultimately resulted in us inhabiting all of the continents with the exception of Antarctica. 11,000 years ago agriculture began; prior to that every soul on the planet was a hunter gatherer (forager). Our ancestors had been hunter gatherers for 1,800,000 years.

Population Growth and Environmental Degradation

Prior to 200,000 years ago there were zero of us moderns. By the time of agriculture there were 15 million, by the time of Christ 250 million. 1790 is the date given for the start of the Industrial Revolution at which time there were approximately 1,000,000,000 people on the planet.

The Numbers are Alarming

1946 – 2 billion people

1974 – 4 billion people

1992 – 5.5 billion people

2014 – 7 billion people

2032 – 9 billion people are projected to be on earth, a 28% increase in human population in 18 years.

Environmental Degradation and Climate Change

Video Courtesy of "The United Nations Website"

Increase in population is happening at a time when the United State’s infrastructure is in dire straits. The astronomical growth of health costs resulting from our mismatched lifestyles – sedentary, caloric rich diets, and evolutionally mismatched environments – is staggering.

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