Question about the Morlocks and the Elois. The Time Traveller stopped in 802701 C.E.

[raccoon]

I wonder if homo sapiens could separate into two such distinct species in that span of time?

[NuclearDem]

1. I imagine it could be possible.

Also just as likely humanity as a species would be extinct by then.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. I think the split has already happened

The full consequences just haven't come to fruition yet.

[Louisiana1976]

4. I was going to say that.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. Intriguing. Details, please. nt

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. Humanity was two distinct but interbreeding species that long ago. n/t

[Orrex]

5. Hey--how about a spoiler alert!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. At least he didn't tell you the Martians died from exposure to common bacteria. nt

[Orrex]

9. Dammit.

As long as Griffin and Kemp reconcile at the end of The Invisible Man, I'll be okay.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

6. I'd say yes considering how quickly humanity has fostered various breeds of domesticated animals. nt

[edbermac]

10. Even seen people at a Tea Party rally?

It's happening faster than you think.

[leftyohiolib]

11. it's already happening. we have become the humans and the reptilicans

[dawg]

12. Easily.

That's 800,000 years.

40,000 years ago, my ancestors were lean long-distance runners from Africa with brown skin and (probably) tightly curled black hair.

Now, I'm considered a completely different race from people who look like that. My skin is pale white, my hair is lighter and straighter, my eyes are a lighter shade, and my body is shorter and thicker.

10,000 years ago, there were white people who looked just like me. But evolutionary changes resulting from the adoption of an agricultural diet have rendered me dramatically different from them in lots of ways that don't show on the surface.

10,000 years ago, no one had blue eyes. That is a recent mutation.

Imagine how different two groups of people could become if they lived in isolation from each other for 800,000 years.

[intaglio]

13. Hom. Sap. speciated about 200,000 years ago

so 800,000 is more than enough time.