About the Projects

In Fall 2018, the students of HNRS 1500: Co-Evolution of Life & Earth (a science General Education course) were tasked with producing a final creative project that envisioned a future world and answered the question, "Is intelligence an evolutionary advantage?"

Their projects draw upon concepts covered in the course, including the scientific process & science communication, data analysis, geosphere-hydrosphere-atmosphere-biosphere interactions, geologic time and processes, evolution of organisms and ecosystems, mass extinctions, and more. Their future visions were totally up to them, but needed to be based on a solid foundational understanding of how life & the physical Earth interact, backed up by their own research. We hope you enjoy their final projects!

Copyrights for projects belong to their creators. Projects shared with permission.

The Near Future: Within Our Lifetimes

The Middle Future: World of our Great-Grandchildren

The Farther Future: Distant Civilizations

The Geologic Future