• Question: Is it inevitable that our overall genetic evolution will be one of extinction?

    Asked by steven-rafter on 3 Jan 2019.
    • Photo: Ed Morrison

      Ed Morrison answered on 3 Jan 2019:

      Something like 99% of all species who have ever existed are now extinct.

      Maybe we’ll be the lucky ones…

    • Photo: Gemma Chandratillake

      Gemma Chandratillake answered on 3 Jan 2019:

      I think so eventually….
      I don’t find this depressing though, we’re just a thread in the tapestry of life, threads come and go but life will likely on. I take comfort that deep sea fish were around long before humans and will be around long after humans!

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