What If We Created the Next Human Species?

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Published on August 6, 2022 3:00:24 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imBdWaSDeec

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All good things must come to an end. Sadly, Homo sapiens’ time on Earth is no exception. And someone would surely take our place as the dominant species. How could genetic engineering spell out the end for our species? What would distinguish the next Homo species from us? And could the world’s next dominant species not be human at all?

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00:00 Replacing Homo sapiens
00:53 Earliest human species
02:13 Homo nouveau
04:08 Desirable traits
05:21 Engineering intelligence

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