• trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    1000 years is too little for big evolutionary changes in a species that reproduces as slowly as us. So unless they went full cyborg or generic engineering the changes won’t be very big.

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      3 months ago

      I mean not even from evolution, but like style and what not. 500 years ago things like tattoos as a fashion thing would be unheard of outside like tribal stuff (I think at least I’m no expert). would be interesting to see what they come up with

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      3 months ago

      1000 years is long enough for us to get a lot more comfortable with things like eugenics, cloning, or other genetic fuckery.

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      3 months ago

      I recall reading our evolutionary trend is headed towards making toes obsolete, so they might be down to only three or four by then.