If humans did evolve from apes what will humans eventually evolve into?

Dear Jim,

Thanks for your question! Recent work in biology shows us that living things do not passively evolve according to external pressures. Rather, they co-construct & co-evolve with their environments changing both themselves & the ecosystems in which they live. This means that we are shaped by the activities & projects of our ancestors, as will the future of humanity be shaped by ours. Our response to the climate emergency, for example, will affect what we become & what becomes of our world. So the answer to your question is: what we will evolve into is an open question, & very much up to us!

Yours, Andrew Cooper