Humans ‘may split into two species’

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Social division might split humans into two sub-species 100,000 years from now - just as HG Wells predicted.

The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative. They would be a far cry from the “underclass” humans who will have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.

The forecast was made by evolution expert Dr Oliver Curry, who spent two months investigating the ascent and descent of Man over the next 100 millennia.

Novelist HG Wells predicted a similar gloomy outcome for humanity in his novel The Time Machine.

According to Dr Curry, the human race is likely to peak in the year 3,000, before collapsing into technology-driven decline.

Dr Curry believes within a thousand years, humans will evolve into coffee-coloured giants between six and seven feet tall. Improved nutrition and medical science will see people growing taller and fitter, while life-spans are extended to 120 years.

Dr Curry, from the Darwin@LSE research centre at the London School of Economics, was commissioned to carry out the study by the men’s satellite TV channel Bravo.

He said: “The Bravo Evolution Report suggests that the future of man will be a story of the good, the bad and the ugly.

“While science and technology have the potential to create an ideal habitat for humanity over the next millennium, there is a possibility of a monumental genetic hangover over the subsequent millennia due to an over-reliance on technology reducing our natural capacity to resist disease, or our evolved ability to get along with each other.

Director of programmes Johnny Webb said: “It is amazing to think that in just one thousand years time everything will be so different.”