What Humans Will Look Like In 1,000 Years | Insider Tech

There will eventually be a day where prosthetics are no longer just for the disabled. However, it’s not just our outside appearance that will change – our genes will also evolve on microscopic levels to aid our survival.

For example, an Oxford-led study discovered a group of HIV-infected children in South Africa living healthy lives. It turns out, they have a built-in defense against HIV that prevents the virus from advancing to AIDS.

And with gene-editing tools like CRISPR, we may eventually control our genes and DNA to the point where we make ourselves immune to disease and even reverse the effects of aging.

Another way to jump-start the human evolution on a different path is to move some of us to Mars. Mars receives 66% less sunlight than Earth. Which could mean humans on Mars will evolve larger pupils that can absorb more light in order to see. And since Mars’ gravitational pull is only 38% of Earth’s, people born on Mars might actually be taller than anyone on Earth. In space, the fluid that separates our vertebrae expands, which led American aerospace engineer, Robert Zubrin to suggest that Mars’ low gravity could allow the human spine to elongate enough to add a few extra inches to our height.

However, not even a move to Mars could spark the biggest change in human evolution that we may have coming in the next 1,000 years: immortality. The path to immortality will likely require humans to download their consciousness into a machine. Right now, scientists in Italy and China are performing head transplants on animals to determine if you can transfer consciousness from one body to another. They claim their next big step is to transplant human heads.

Whatever happens in the next 1,000 years — whether we merge with machines or become them — one thing is certain: The human race is always changing — and the faster we change and branch out from Earth, the better chance we have of outrunning extinction.

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What Humans Will Look Like In 1,000 Years | Insider Tech

[beepbeepimasheep.]

2017: In 1000 years, we will have immortality.
3017: Flying Fidget Spinners.

[himanshugairola]

Imagine future generation is watching this and laughing at us. 😂

[Chuene_Ashley_kgomo]

Someone, a thousand years from now, will look at this video and think, "what little dreams we once had".

[peteraschubert]

Makes you realise there may be worse things than extinction.

[PoliticallyIncorrectBronto]

human's evolving in mars would be weak as hell, as they would require less muscle mass to move things around, so if they came to earth, gravity would probably crush them.

[what.]

Can you imagine having the bionic eye thing and you get a 30 second unskippable ad for tik tok while driving

[the-witness]

I mean... all decent theories, but I kind of expected more precise predictions like general appearance. For example, I remember reading an article a few years ago predicting how long it would take for most of humanity to interbreed before we all started looking similar and what that result would be.
I kind of thought this would be similar.

[yo.local.halal.cat]

That's why I want immortality just so that I can see the future of humans

[britoub]

Year 3017.
- Mom, what happened with the people from 1000 years back?
- They died
- What's that?

[Ramiz]

The biggest question is *could we be able to survive next 1000 years*

[wintertill]

It’s amazing how far humans can revolutionize everything.

[waleedarif]

To me it doesn't really matter how long we survive. Life and death is for all of us after all isn't it. We should all be positive about death just as we are for life.

[jackb]

They can tell us what we look like in 1, 000 years but they can't tell us our weather Tomorrow

[azioprism]

*immortality*, if it ever happens, it's going to get ugly real fast.

[YTLukio]

Kinda crazy how in their time, they will be able to see information from hundreds of years ago

[londonofficeuser]

Nobody can tell what we will look like in 1000 years, but we all have a few theories. If we want to know what we will look like in 1000 years, then maybe we can travel 1000 years into the future

[robenkhoury]

Girl: I only like tall guys
Me: *travels to mars*

[bloombrix]

me: I wonder what humans will look like in 1000 years
*watches video*
still me: I wonder what humans will look like in 1000 years

[amado]

Imagine if this video didn't show what humans will look like in 1000 years.

[millie_-kx]

this video makes me want to travel back in time to see my fun old memories and in the future to see what humans will look like in years and years time. omg the world is so simple and is all about technology in my opinion…