• Question: *will the human race ever die out?? sorry, cant spell!! ;D x

    Asked by lauragrace1996 to Ed, Katie, Sam, Steve, Vera on 15 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by bubble909.
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      Steven Daly answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      A good question, and your spelling is fine =}. The answer is that in the end, yes we will unless we can master spaceships and travel to new planets. This is because the sun will eventually run out of fuel, and swell up and swallow the earth. Do not worry though, that will not happen for another 4 billion years.

      There is always the chance we will die out from a comet strike, a massive volcanic erruption, war, but the truth is there is no way to know.

    • Photo: Katie Marriott

      Katie Marriott answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      I don’t think a species can live forever. Like Steven says there are always things that go against a species like a natural disaster, or the fact the sun is expanding.

    • Photo: Sam Tazzyman

      Sam Tazzyman answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Not much I can add to the excellent answers already given!

    • Photo: Vera Weisbecker

      Vera Weisbecker answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      I bet we’ll die out on day. There is an average life span that species tend to have – in mammals I read it is 1 million years, although, it can be MUCH longer (like, 10 million years). Depending on how long people estimate that our species has been around for, we may already be halfway through…

    • Photo: Ed Morrison

      Ed Morrison answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Probably. 99% of species that have ever lived are extinct so the odds aren’t good.

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