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When I think about the future of humanity, I can't help but come to the conclusion that we might split into multiple species. This might sound too weird and far-fetched but if you take into consideration our current and future path, you will come to the same conclusion.

Of course, it might take centuries or even thousands of years for this to take effect and be permanent. However, I think that it is pretty much how it's going to be.

It will be a result of many different technologies and our desire to become a multi-planetary species. Basically, we will reach a point where we will be able to take control of the process of our evolution into our own hands.

This artificial evolution will open lots of different options for us and becoming a certain type of "species" might become as common as adopting different lifestyles.

# The Great Split
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So, in the future, with the rise of robots and artificial body parts that are better than their living counterparts, people might slowly start accepting a merger of humans and machines.

Also, if we figure out how to upload consciousness into a machine or the cloud, we will completely be able to live inside a robotic body. The limitations of our biological bodies would no longer matter. And death would become obsolete.

This might create a great divide in the human population. Not everyone will choose this fate. Some will choose to remain humans, some half human half robot and some will choose to be complete robots. This will effectively split the human race.

Also, when we start colonizing different planets and establish permanent colonies there, it will lead to slow and gradual changes in the bodies of the settlers. People on Mars might develop differently to those that have settled on the moon. Over generations, this might lead to the creation of slightly different species.

All of this might sound really bizarre right now but reality has been just that. I mean what more proof could you want than the current year we live in!