Are Human Beings a Bridge Species?

Since life first sprouted on our planet, species have come and gone.  Some have flourished only to go extinct by one cause or another.  Mass extinctions have happened more than once and explosions of new species have also occurred. Homo Sapiens Sapiens is a relatively new species having existed somewhere between 100,000 to 250,000 years and, at one point, we came oh so close to going the way of the dinosaurs. 

Evolution dictates that no new species can arise without a ‘parent’ species from which to evolve.

Now for the hard part. The Earth is becoming over populated and over worked to support our species.  This leads to three possibilities.

1. We will continue to over populate the Earth until we kill the planet.

2. We will experience a population correction. I. E. an extinction or near extinction level event.

3. We will evolve into the next level of inhabitants of the planet.

Numbers 1 and 2 are self explanatory; but number 3 is open to several possibilities.

1. We will evolve into a less demanding species that doesn’t challenge the planet.
2. We will evolve into a non-physical being that has no demands on the planet.
3. We will evolve/create a mechanical species that will inherit the cosmos.

Your thoughts?

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