Welcome to the year 3000 and a brave new world where man is tall, dark and incredibly handsome.

Australasian Business Intelligence, October, 2006

Byline: Nic Fleming

Oct 17, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- London School of Economics scientist Oliver Curry has issued his predictions for the evolution of the human race. He says that based on current trends in areas such as medical progress, population migration and diet, the differences between those from various parts of the globe are likely to disappear by about the year 3000. Humans will be taller at an average height of two metres, live until age 120, and have brown skin. Curry also postulates that 100,000 years from now two distinct sets of humans will have evolved, where one will have had access to superior genetic material and science and the other will be less healthy, intelligent and attractive. First published in the "Daily Telegraph",...