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Nihil

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16. "Humans have around 4 billion years"

Reply to nationalize the fed (Reply #13)

Wed May 7, 2014, 03:50 AM

May 2014

They will not be humans for most of that time so Hunter's point is correct.

The typical species lifetime for mammals is 1-2 million years.
After that, the species will be extinct.

It might well have evolved into a more fitting new species (i.e., one that
is better adapted to survive in the new conditions) or the line might have
simply failed - gone forever. Either way, the original species is no more.

You might not like the idea but reality doesn't give a shit.

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