The role of early human development and multidimensional enhancements in driving space adaptation and Universal Cognition
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This manuscript provides a glimpse into the future of early human development in space environments, underpinned by interdisciplinary research and technological advancements. The implications of early human development in space are analyzed, exploring potential scenarios that could enhance human biology to adapt effectively to these conditions. It is proposed that the initial phases of human development might serve as an optimal period for fostering biological adaptation to space. Such adaptations could pave the way for the emergence of new evolutionary states, establishing the groundwork for a novel human subspecies. The potential for these emerging subspecies to develop the ability to perceive diverse environmental properties hints at a groundbreaking biological era designated here as Universal Cognition.
Source: Frontiers in Space Technologies
Author: Marta Ferraz
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,353
OpenAlex ID: W4415995496