# Humans Are Not the Culmination of Evolution by Martin Rees > “It seems absurd to regard humans as the culmination of the evolutionary tree.” > **— Martin Rees**, *We Should Take the 'Posthuman' Era Seriously, Edge, 2008* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [We Should Take the 'Posthuman' Era Seriously](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10315) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Evolutionary Theory|Evolutionary Theory]] - [[wiki/Deep Time|Deep Time]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “It seems absurd to regard humans as the culmination of the evolutionary tree.” — Martin Rees, We Should Take the 'Posthuman' Era Seriously, Edge, 2008 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-humans-not-culmination-evolution ```