man after man an anthropology of the future

After contemplating what was lost by the human schism, the Hitek began to implement the use of genetic engineering to create new human species which would fill the vacant ecological niches, creating about 4 different folks: Tundra dwellers, Forests dwellers, Grasslands dwellers and Arboreal dwellers.

However, there are still other groups with advanced technology several of them began to be dependent on specialized machines to stay alive, becoming a subspecies of humans characterized by dependence on huge mechanical cradles which maintain their vital functions, the Hitek.Īs the early posthuman species were designed as organisms without the capacity to reproduce, they became extinct after having fulfilled their purpose, although that the aquatic forms continued improving, surviving in a new form better adapted to the aquatic life and able to reproduce in subsequent generations. Some have adopted a rural lifestyle that implements agriculture and the use of simple tools. Years later after the departure of the ships (300-500 years) the earth has partially recovered from the catastrophe with the loss of terrestrial and marine fauna, and the world population has been greatly reduced, but humanity survived. By the use of genetic engineering and the manipulation of genomes two human species are created which are used as labor hand: the aquamorph, a species designed to inhabit underwater, and the vacuumorph, capable of existing in the vacuum of space. The events of the book start around 200 years in the future, humanity has entered in a catastrophic period of crisis due to the excessive use of natural resources, the destruction of the environment, overpopulation, etc, but at the edge of the collapse of civilization, a considerably small number of humans are selected to colonize new worlds outside the solar system by the use of huge generational ships.

Man after man an anthropology of the future