# Posthuman Evolution ## Definition **Posthuman Evolution** is the continuation of evolutionary change beyond present Homo sapiens through directed biology, cybernetic modification, machine intelligence or new synthetic substrates. The term does not decide whether the resulting beings preserve human identity, inherit civilization or constitute a distinct lineage. ## Conceptual relationships [[wiki/Posthumanism|Posthumanism]] · [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]] · [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Martin Rees research route [[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]] supplies a primary quotation dossier connecting this concept to Rees's work on cosmology, technological risk, machine intelligence, posthuman evolution and deep time. ## Article and collection routes - [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]]