Human Extinction
A Human Extinction is an taxon extinction of human species.
- Context:
- It can be associated with Human Extinction Risks.
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- Example(s):
- as portrayed in fictional accounts.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Gray Goo, Global Catastrophic Risk, Population Decline, Sub-Replacement Fertility, Impact Event, Supervolcano, Anthropogenic Hazard, Effects of Global Warming on Humans, Nuclear Holocaust, Biological Warfare, Ecological Collapse.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/human_extinction Retrieved:2023-8-6.
- Human extinction is the hypothetical end of the human species due to either natural causes such as population decline from sub-replacement fertility, an asteroid impact, large-scale volcanism, or via anthropogenic destruction (self-extinction).
For the latter, some of the many possible contributors include climate change, global nuclear annihilation, biological warfare, and ecological collapse. Other scenarios center on emerging technologies, such as advanced artificial intelligence, biotechnology, or self-replicating nanobots.
The scientific consensus is that there is a relatively low risk of near-term human extinction due to natural causes. The likelihood of human extinction through humankind's own activities, however, is a current area of research and debate.
- Human extinction is the hypothetical end of the human species due to either natural causes such as population decline from sub-replacement fertility, an asteroid impact, large-scale volcanism, or via anthropogenic destruction (self-extinction).
2019
- (Walsh, 2019) ⇒ Bryan Walsh. (2019). “End Times: A Brief Guide to the End of the World.”
- NOTE: It discusses various human extinction risks, including asteroids, volcanoes, nuclear war, global warming, pathogens, biotech, AI, and extraterrestrial intelligence. The book includes interviews with astronomers, anthropologists, biologists, climatologists, geologists, and other scholars. The book advocates strongly for greater action.