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BBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, 17 October 2006, 08:47 GMT 09:47 UK
Human species 'may split in two'
Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years' time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said.
Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.
[WS:] What truly amazes me is that such paper and pencil "theorists" survive in the academe in the era when empirical neuroscience and genetics are making a real progress. This is akin to the growth of "alternative" quackery in times when science and medicine can actually treat many previously hopeless conditions.
It seems that overall rise in the standards of living does produce decadence and cravings for the exotic and the primordial, which in turns creates fertile grounds for quacks of various sorts.
Wojtek