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人类将变为两个不同的物种？
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人类会分化成为两个独立的物种，一个有魅力且聪明，另一个是奇丑无比且愚蠢。首席科学家这样认为。
这份研究报告说，大约到3000年左右的时候达到高峰，之后人类进化开始倒退。
这些人类会有6-7英尺高，寿命在120岁。
报告还说，整容手术和其它技术将有助于人类更加匀称的外表，男性与女性的物理特性更加明显，并寻找着潜在伴侣。
男人会有更加对称的面部特征，更粗的声音，和更大的生殖阴茎，根据卫星电视频道的委托人的一份报告。
女人都有光泽的头发，光滑的皮肤，大眼睛。
不同种族之间的婚姻会有更多不一样的后代。
未来的人类寿命更长，更完美的身体，有着轮廓鲜明的特征。
在未来1000年时，达到高峰，之后，对于技术的依赖将改变我们的外表。
药物会减弱人类的免疫系统，开始显得更加孩子气。
这张照片是威尔斯的科幻小说《时间机器》，后来被改编成两部电影中的两个人类进化的物种，非常聪明且富有的埃洛伊。
可怕的摩洛克（1960年电影）
虽然科学与技术进步可以创造一个更好的人类栖息地，但是在未来，人类过度以来技术，而可能会减少自然抵抗疾病的能力，与彼此和睦相处。
可能会出现丑陋的一类，还可能会出现富有聪明的一类。
如威尔斯的经典小说《时间机器》中的摩洛克那样的人类。另外一族就是快乐的埃洛伊那样的人类。
附原文：
Human race will 'split into two different species'
The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.
100,000 years into the future, sexual selection could mean that two distinct breeds of human will have developed.
The alarming prediction comes from evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics, who says that the human race will have reached its physical peak by the year 3000.
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The report claims that after they reach their peak around the year 3000 humans will to regress
These humans will be between 6ft and 7ft tall and they will live up to 120 years.
"Physical features will be driven by indicators of health, youth and fertility that men and women have evolved to look for in potential mates," says the report, which suggests that advances in cosmetic surgery and other body modifying techniques will effectively homogenise our appearance.
Men will have symmetrical facial features, deeper voices and bigger penises, according to Curry in a report commissioned for men's satellite TV channel Bravo.
Women will all have glossy hair, smooth hairless skin, large eyes and pert breasts, according to Curry.
Racial differences will be a thing of the past as interbreeding produces a single coffee-coloured skin tone.
The future for our descendants isn't all long life, perfect bodies and chiselled features, however.
While humans will reach their peak in 1000 years' time, 10,000 years later our reliance on technology will have begun to dramatically change our appearance.
Medicine will weaken our immune system and we will begin to appear more child-like.
Dr Curry said: "The report suggests that the future of man will be a story of the good, the bad and the ugly.
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H G Wells' Science Fiction novel The Time Machine (which was later adapted into two films - this picture is from the 2002 version) the human race has evolved into two species, the highly intelligent and wealthy Eloi..
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..and the frightening, animalistic Morlock (as seen in the 1960 film version of the classic book)
"While science and technology have the potential to create an ideal habitat for humanity over the next millennium, there is the 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.
"After that, things could get ugly, with the possible emergence of genetic 'haves' and 'have-nots'."
Dr Curry's theory may strike a chord with readers who have read H G Wells' classic novel The Time Machine, in particular his descriptions of the Eloi and the Morlock races.
In the 1895 book, the human race has evolved into two distinct species, the highly intelligent and wealthy Eloi and the frightening, animalistic Morlock who are destined to work underground to keep the Eloi happy.
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