Nature
Sterling, B. (1999). Homo sapiens declared extinct. Nature, 402, 125.
Yes, human beings have finally gone, but the 24-hour global party continues.
AD 2380: After a painstaking ten-year search, from the Tibetan highlands to
the
Brazilian rainforests, it's official - there are no more human beings.
"I suppose I have to consider this a personal setback," said anthropologist Dr
Marcia Raymo, of the Institute for Retrograde Study in Berlin. "Of course we
still have human tissue in the lab, and we could clone as many specimens of
Homo sapiens as we like. But that species was always known primarily for its
unique cultural activity."...
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