IN TWO MILLION YEARS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 15 July 1925, Page 9

IN TWO MILLION YEARS

DF.V V.I.OVM T«:NT - OF _ TH !•: I: I-AN F >

-V large head with a hut yin o ; brow sup p. i te.l on a body like a splinter r.t wo, .1 will. »ln.ri arms and leys and perliap: liool'y, instead ol Feel. Tins is the pietma

, ! Ihe man ami woman 2.000.000 ynai Hone' -- urt'ly. wail;, and olever—drawn liy 1 Ynl’essi r Conrad Tharahlsen. l’ri lor mu' of Zoology, in (ho Nnrl In \\ eelrrn Cmvorrilv. Cliioa;j:n, ICS.A. I ho man of llm till tire w ill, rays tho prnl'essor, lie larji'clv tin' resit k of "land enntrol. i’ro'l'ossor TliaraMst'a. wlm ha.n trained i onsiderahie lame sinoo his appointment ix \oars ayo. dorlaros. says' the Capo Arons. that we have, already stalled on this mad. -Many pnil'ossnrs have attempted to look into the future. Imt none

‘ i liii' as lie. There will. In' thinks'. lu\ 1 it.t l,> use nt lnii.-i'le in that ilim 111 • i• i>. l l. an.l ce.nsi 111 ■i ■: 11 y there will lie little muscle \\ i ate y.iiii; linl;inl;; that. Utopia." lie states'. W'liat we arc iln ing is gradita I!\ tit I in” the !in 1 1 va I tia I !>> the enviii ament. Every linn' there is a. nail inti 1 I germ i ells there are 16.777.210 ehatues of variation, ami it is the useful vttriali'lns that. survive. In Future gland.'- tils.a will have a greater t'linetien to perform. By tegulatiiig the gltnnls we can produce children who will lie Welkers ami latte intellectual lat el'esi s. in nthir weids. \\e eau regulate reptoline' ion. M i a mime. enntitiues Proi'e.-sm-iha i.tlih ii. "man s liratu is gpovimr. t.tid the e.t.taui growth will demand a much larger skull, with bulging hrnw. Ihe man tf the Future will prc b:t lily

have to wear glasses. Smi'.' of the physical assets will he lost with the increase in hrain power. We are getting near-sighted and losing our sense i.f smell. Society. consequently. will lie different in the generations to come. What tlie future man is like may de pond somewhat on the fails and fancies of the present. Meehanieal devices are fast doing' away with the need For nuts ties, ami the lack of use will cause the muscles to degenerate. Except for liar dint's and the power to withstand d:;;eaee, physical hulk means nothing nowadays.”