CHAPTER XVIll 



WHAT HAS EVOLUTION IN STORE ? 



Granted that the world, as we know it, is an 

 evolutionary product, can we see what evolution 

 has still in store ? 



The moon is dead, just a piece of slag in a 

 sling, but the world is still alive ; and if modern 

 physicists are right, it has still millions of years to 

 live. What is likely to become of it and us, 

 under conditions more or less like those at present 

 prevailing ? 



The crust of the earth will alter ; continents 

 and seas may change places ; but our earth is 

 pretty safe from collisions, and from freezings and 

 fryings, and will probably lead a sober and orderly 

 life for many million years. But what will 

 happen to its flora and fauna ? If, in the past, 

 man grew from an amoeba, what may amoebas 

 still produce ? If man has already climbed so 

 high, how much further will he yet climb ? 



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