How The Human Face Might Look In 100,000 Years.

[JaneyVee]

Today: A typical-looking man and woman.



In 20,000 years: Humans have a larger head with a forehead that is subtly too large. A future "communications lens" is represented by the yellow ring around their eyes. These lenses will be the 'Google Glass' of the future.



In 60,000 years: Human beings have even larger heads, larger eyes and pigmented skin. A pronounced superciliary arch makes for a darker area below eyebrows. Miniature bone-conduction devices may be implanted above the ear now to work with communications lenses.



In 100,000 years: The human face is proportioned to the 'golden ratio,' though it features unnervingly large eyes. There is green “eye shine” from the tapetum lucidum, and a more pronounced superciliary arch. A sideways blink of the reintroduced plica semilunaris seen in the light gray areas of the eyes, while miniature bone-conduction devices implanted above the ear work with the communications lenses on the eyes.

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These are just the photos from the article which goes into detail about why we would acquire these traits: http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/06/07/how-the-human-face-might-look-in-100000-years/

[one_voice]

1. ew...

glad I won't be around.

[beveeheart]

17. My first thought too

[Warpy]

2. Her hips would have to be at least as wide as that head

or the ones with the bigger heads would die out very quickly.

In addition, brain size doesn't necessarily correlate to higher intelligence, something women have proven ever since we decided to become homo sapiens instead of hominids.

I honestly don't see any purpose for those Grave's Disease eyeballs, either.

The differences we might see in that period of time are differences in the respiratory system brought on by much higher greenhouse gases and changes in the GI system to handle foods we consider inedible now. We might also see dental changes to cope with a high cellulose diet.

I sincerely don't think we have much to worry about in terms of our descendents becoming bug eyed fatheads. We do have to worry about their long term survival on a highly warmed planet.

[reformist2]

3. Lady Gaga looked like that 4 years ago...

[BainsBane]

8. I guess we're all going to look like Japanese anime?

[frogmarch]

4. If humans are going to

be born with bigger heads, women will need larger pelvic areas to accommodate them, or else give up bearing full-term live young and start laying eggs.

[jberryhill]

12. Marsupials

We don't have to go to laying eggs, and the incubation issues if we want to stay warm blooded.

On the way back to laying eggs, marsupials are a good compromise.

And the abortion debate would be decided in a kangaroo court.

[frogmarch]

23. Yes, and

I'd thought of that too. It's why I said "full-term." Can you imagine a teensy human embryo crawling out of its mother and attaching itself to a teat? Freaks me out!

Kangaroo court! Good one!

[snooper2]

20. you know what happens to the newborn skull during birth right?

[frogmarch]

28. Yes, and I think their skulls would

have to be even more flexible if they were much larger.

Every time I see a sketch of ET aliens that have huge heads and spindly bodies, I think that if they give birth like we do, the aliens in the sketches must be males, or ouch!

[Ohio Joe]

5. And still the same crappy hair style...

Sheesh... Kids, they never learn

[BlueStreak]

29. :)

And I bet they still disrespect their parents -- calling them names like "Little eyes" or "thin brow".

[Berlum]

36. Free Hair Styling Clue for our Future Selves

[Eleanors38]

38. Heat exchanges?

[BainsBane]

6. No way

If the eyes get bigger other parts of the face will compensate. That last picture looks stupid, super fake.

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. 100,000 years? I know TWEAKERS who look like that NOW. n/t

[BlueStreak]

34. And in 100,000 years, teabaggers will still look like ...

But seriously, at this rate, we won't last 200 more years, let along 100,000.

[wandy]

40. Teapublicans 100,000 years from now. Wow that thought could spoil you're day.

[sakabatou]

9. We're going to be turned into Bratz dolls!

THE HORROR!

[wundermaus]

10. Did anyone else notice that jaundice skin color increasing as the centuries rolled by...?

So in a 100,000 years we will all have over sized heads and eyes and suffer from early onset liver failure.
I think our evolutionary clock will stop in less than 100 years if we don't open our eyes wide now.
Just saying...

Oh, hell, never mind.
Good luck.

[jberryhill]

11. In 100,000 years, we'll look like John McCain

Dick Cheney will look pretty much the same as he does now.

[hay rick]

13. Wrong. Dick Cheney's horns will be more prominent.

[jberryhill]

14. Him and Scalia

Or maybe they'll do some kind of head banging dominance ritual.

[Archae]

15. We're all going to look like 60's paintings?

[hunter]

16. I figure humans will look a lot like this:

If we're lucky, there will be some sort of intelligent life around, maybe a sort we created, that cares.

[d_r]

18. .

[mick063]

19. According to the former Canadian Defense Minister

There are four known alien species that have visited earth for thousands of years. As of now, a group of four "tall whites" are living on a US Air Force base in Nevada sharing technology.

That last photo takes on the appearance of a prehistoric "grey" species of alien.

[liberal_at_heart]

21. The reason our bodies really haven't evolved much is because we can manipulate our

environment. If it ever becomes the case that we can no longer manipulate our environment then our bodies might need to adapt to the environment instead of the other way round.

[Poll_Blind]

22. Ah yes, the big eyes. Better to watch "Ow, my balls!" with. nt

PB

[whatchamacallit]

30. Haha!

[treestar]

24. Typical looking = white

One thing they didn't account for. Future people will be darker. In fact, in world terms, today typical looking people are much darker - if they had taken an average.

People are already moving across the earth and will be able to move more easily, so it will probably settle into one race by 100,000 years, but they'd have darker skin than they do in this figures and dark hair.

[hobbit709]

25. I doubt our eyes will look like that unless we become nocturnal.

[Baitball Blogger]

26. Oh my Gerd. We're going to get animaed.

[randome]

31. Ginger! At last I have ginger hair!

Oh, wait, that's not me.

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[KG]

27. in the year 2525...

[randome]

32. I think something like this is more likely.

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[Sancho]

33. We'll end up looking like space aliens?!

http://www.wnd.com/2008/05/64184/

[etherealtruth]

35. If we are around that long

We seem hell bent on destroying that which sustains life

[RebelOne]

37. That was my first thought.

I doubt the human race will be here in 100,000 years. Maybe 10,000 years if humans haven't destroyed themselves.

[tularetom]

39. Where are the gills?

If there are going to be any humans left in 100,000 years they'd better evolve to living under water

or we need to get our ass in gear right now to do something about climate change.

[randome]

41. We may end up moving underground and establishing mini-ecosystems.

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[lumberjack_jeff]

42. ROFL!!!

Humans will all be descendants of Ash Ketchum.