A Radical Approach To The Survival Of The Human Species

Barring some extinction level event, as top carnivores humans are highly unlikely to evolve significantly in the future.

 

Well.. If the sun died, wouldn't ALL of the other planets die as well?

 

They'd lose their source of heat and presumably cease to be life bearing. Of course, most of them aren't life-bearing anyway. I did wonder though, if the sun cools, whether planets closer to the sun would become more habitable.

Either way, we'd need to find something else more habitable, other planets around other stars or habitats otherwise independent of our own sun for light, warmth etc. We've got a while to think about it, fortunately.

 

that part won't be possible..unless we do leave the planet

 

Forever is a long time.
Scientists are claiming the sun could last another 5-10bn years (recent research) which is a very long time indeed, especially considering humanity has only been around for a couple hundred thousand years.

Then if we take into account the vast technological advances of the past hundred years, have a look at current rate of advancement, the possibilities a hundred, or even twenty, years from now are almost unimaginable.

Stellar exploration is a logical step for humanity at some point, but our primary concern right now should be maintaining our homeworld. I'm not saying "abandon ship!" for space travel research, I'm just saying focus on our planet and its well-being before trying to find ways to escape it.

If we make an effort not to destroy ourselves or our home, there will plenty of time to explore space later on. At the rate we're going, I think our civilization and existence are going to be nothing more than fascinating archeological findings to some future inhabitants of our planet 100 million years from now.

Oh, and once stars like the sun begin to die, they expand greatly and become red giants. Once our sun reaches this stage, its mass will engulf Earth, among other planets.. So assuming there's still life on Earth, it's not going to freeze to death because of the sun cools down, quite the opposite