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Fans of the film, specifically the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' saga, will surely have in their memory the pirate Davy Jones, who appears in the film as a kraken, a being with features of marine creatures and a few tentacles as a beard that resemble the image of a large octopus. This fiction may not be so fictional if we stick to the theories of a professor at the University of Oxford
Professor Tim Coulson has suggested that, in the event of the disappearance of human civilization as we know it, the evolution of species could reach the point where a marine animal replaces our species as the dominant one on planet Earth.
'The Universal History of Us' the play where Coulson theorises
It may seem far-fetched, but this professor, in his book 'The Universal History of Us,' talks about the possibility that it is the octopuses that will emerge from the depths of the oceans to lead the new civilizations on Earth. These are theories that the professor explores in a theorization of continuous evolution, leaving aside the idea that the natural successors of man are the primates because they share much of our genetics.
Their idea is based on the great intelligence of this cephalopod, as octopuses are known for their great problem-solving ability and have the power to communicate by changing the color of their appearance, which means great evolutionary potential. But for all this to happen, a disaster must occur for the name, its extinction, something that Coulson does not rule out since for him "extinction is the fate of all species, including our own, although we hope that this outcome is far away," he said.
However, these theories by the Oxford University professor are too complex, as he recognises that predicting the future of a species is very complex due to the large number of variables involved in this process. "Are octopuses likely to replace humans as the dominant species? It is an intriguing possibility, but also unlikely in the short term. However, imagining it allows us to appreciate the adaptability of life," he said on the subject