Maybe in the future for a long time will not wait for this day, no matter how the earth will be our homeland, but human beings will not stay forever on this planet that gave birth to us, the future of human beings to the universe on a large scale, will free up more resources for the development of other species, then at that time, which species on the earth is most likely to develop and grow?
Which animal will become the master of the future Earth?
Maybe the answer in everyone's mind is different, some people think it's a rat, some think it's a cockroach... The answer is different, but the reason is simple: reproductive ability, quantity, and so on. In fact, the most abundant creatures on the earth are ants, conservatively estimated to be more than 10,000 billion, but do ants now rule the earth? Species that want to gain supremacy on Earth by overwhelming superiority in the future must possess the following characteristics:
There is no doubt that the intelligence of human beings has always been able to crush all animals except humans themselves
Second, you must be able to make and use tools This should not have much opinion, after all, tools bring too much convenience to human beings, so that in modern humans, if there is no tool, it will be difficult to move, and even our daily life has been seamlessly surrounded by tools.
Third, it must be a social animal This needs to be understood, the single species is very easy to extinction, the group itself is an advantage in the face of threats; and there is a probabilistic survival problem in the face of catastrophic events, which is of considerable importance to the continuation of the species.
Fourth, the number of populations must reach a certain size and regional distribution, for similar reasons as the third.
The criteria are already there, so what about the animals on the planet that we can choose to gain God's favor and become future overlords? The highest IQ is the chimpanzee in primates, baboons, monkeys in the monkey family, as well as proboscis elephants, dolphins in the dolphin family, octopuses in cephalopods, etc., all of which are species with superior intelligence among animals.
This paper argues that the dominant animals of the future will almost emerge from orangutans, a species with an advantage that no other animal can match, their IQ is equivalent to that of a 5-year-old child, second only to humans on land, and the use of tools, social settlements, population numbers, etc. have reached a very high level, and after millions of years of development, it is only a matter of time before they are above other species.
Why not other species? Can't monkeys? In fact, the IQ of monkeys and orangutans is still much worse! Let's start by lining up the animals with the highest IQ:
1st Place: Common Chimpanzee 2nd Place: Bottlenose Dolphin 3rd Place: Rhesus Monkey 4th Place: Elephant 5th Place: African Grey Parrot 6th Place: North Pacific Octopus 7th Place: Border Collie 8th Place: Ravens and Crows 9th Place: Mice 10th Place: Lip-Mantle Spider
Obviously the first two are chimpanzees and dolphins, so why aren't the animals in the water? In fact, animals in the water have a natural disadvantage when they want to develop to a higher level, one of which is that aquatic animals have great obstacles in the use of tools, because aquatic animals will evolve towards fish characteristics in order to love underwater survival; second, the biggest feature of civilization is almost difficult to achieve underwater with fire, and civilizations without fire will touch the ceiling in development. Of course, it is not that there is no opportunity for underwater civilization, but in the process of development, it will encounter obstacles that terrestrial civilizations do not have.
It seems that hollywood blockbuster "Rise of the Apes" is not creating a concept out of thin air, there are still some scientific elements in it. The future will be the world of chimpanzees, which may take millions of years of development, but from the perspective of a civilization, time is not a particularly critical factor, but potential, for a species without potential, how about giving them ten million years?
Will the future come true?