freepers = gollum. Tuesday evening evolution giggle.

[ourbluenation]

Haves' And 'Have-Nots'
Updated: 20:39, Tuesday October 17, 2006

Social division might split humans into two sub-species 100,000 years from now, an evolution expert has claimed.

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 Dr Oliver Curry, who spent two months investigating the ascent and descent of man over the next 100 millennia. He said, within a thousand years, humans will evolve into coffee-coloured giants between 6 and 7ft tall.

But Dr Curry said centuries of sexual selection - being choosy about one's partner - was likely to create more and more genetic inequality. The logical outcome would be two sub-species, "gracile" and "robust" humans.

Dr Curry said: "Things could get ugly, with the possible emergence of genetic 'haves' and 'have-nots'."

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13547374,00.html

[Jackpine Radical]

1. H.G. Wells anticipated him by about a century.

The eloi & the morlocks.

Ain't nobody literate no more?