No we aren’t, we are in the middle of the 6th mass extinction. Its hubris to think humans wont go the way of Neanderthals. Hell, we are actively trying to ignore it and make it worse right now in the U.S.
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sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 days agoCivilization likely will perish, but i doubt the species will short of a dramatic event.
We are degrading the environment slow enough to adjust.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
I’d love to see us go the way of Neanderthals!
But I don’t think that will happen. I think we’ll go extinct instead.
Nay@feddit.nl 4 days ago
Mass extinction, not complete extinction.
It’s not hubris. Humans are one of, if not the most adaptable species on the planet. Unless it gets so hot that the caves become uninhabitable, we’ll squeak by.
I see it like this: If there is a way, we will find it. It’s in our DNA.
crandlecan@mander.xyz 4 days ago
Foolish boy…
crandlecan@mander.xyz 4 days ago
No, it’s going faster than anything humans have ever experienced. It will take about a million years for life to adapt and evolve.
Nay@feddit.nl 4 days ago
We survived an ice age, though, and we’re very highly adaptable. Plus, we will hold on to some percentage of technical knowledge that will help us adapt faster.
I think you’re selling us short! 😜
Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
We survived by reverting to areas that were not covered in ice. The areas under direct influence of the ice age did not remain inhabited. We didn’t really adapt. We just had another place to go. In this case, we don’t.
Nay@feddit.nl 4 days ago
That’s where we disagree. I think there will be small inhabitable areas of the planet for centuries, at least. If not, there are caves. Humans are nothing if not -persistent.-