# Mechanical Humanity Could Continue Evolution by J. D. Bernal > "Normal man is an evolutionary dead end; mechanical man, apparently a break in organic evolution, is actually more in the true tradition of a further evolution." > **— J. D. Bernal**, *1929, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, “The Flesh”* ## Sources and Context - **Full chapter:** [“The Flesh,” *The World, the Flesh and the Devil*](https://bactra.org/Bernal/flesh/) — Bernal argues speculatively for surgically and mechanically altered humans. The passage is a historical proposal about a possible evolutionary route, not a biological finding that unmodified humanity is literally at an evolutionary dead end. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Transhumanism|Transhumanism]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/J. D. Bernal|J. D. Bernal]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Normal man is an evolutionary dead end; mechanical man, apparently a break in organic evolution, is actually more in the true tradition of a further evolution." — J. D. Bernal, 1929, The World, the Flesh and the Devil, “The Flesh” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-john-bernal-mechanical-humanity-evolution ```