Astronomy 321 - Fall 2016

The Future of Humanity

MWF 1:00-1:50 PM · RLM 15.216B · 47550

Announcements

Revised drafts to peers for written review, Monday, 11/28.

Paper 3, 10 pages, The Future of Humanity, Due Monday, December 5.

Topic of final paper: what do you think the future of humanity will be in 100 years (a few generations), 1000 years (time since modern civilization), 10,000 years (time since agriculture, communities), 100,000 years (timescale of past human biological evolution) and beyond (geological, astronomical, cosmological timescales)?

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