# Could Another Earthly Species Succeed Humanity by David Edelman > “Will we ever be replaced by another earthly species capable of evolving to a similar degree of social and technical sophistication that effectively fills the biocultural niche we vacated?” > **— David Edelman**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — David Edelman](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27717) — David Edelman's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-031). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s|Modern Artificial Intelligence in the 1970s]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End of the Anthropocentric Era|The End of the Anthropocentric Era]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Species-Level Maturation|Species-Level Maturation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Will we ever be replaced by another earthly species capable of evolving to a similar degree of social and technical sophistication that effectively fills the biocultural niche we vacated?” — David Edelman, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-david-edelman-another-earthly-species-succeed-humanity ```