Martian Evolution
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Martian Evolution

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 31, 202617 min
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This episode is supported by 23andMe. It's fun to think about humanity settling the galaxy. Outposts of familiar homo sapiens spread among the stars. But there may be nothing at all familiar about these distant future spacefarers.

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Human populations on other planets may quickly evolve into things that look nothing like humans as we know them. And it'll start with Mars. We may or may not ever become an interstellar species.

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It's likely, however, that we'll at least take a shot at becoming interplanetary. Unless we manage to self-destruct in the next little while, humans will be around for a long time. At some point, perhaps soon, perhaps in the far future, we will try to colonize Mars.

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