Revealed: What humans will look like in 1,000 years

Experts predict that humanity will become more uniform in the future.

They predict that the average person will have darker skin and look more like someone from the modern-day cultural melting pots of Mauritius or Brazil .

As fewer people die, the biggest factor driving evolution will be how many children someone can have.

This means that people who have more children are more likely to pass on their genes.

One potential effect of this is that it might end up making men more attractive.

Powerful new technologies might give humans the ability to shape our own evolution.

Using technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 , which allows scientists to cut and paste sections of DNA, humans might even be able to take on new genetic traits from elsewhere in the animal kingdom.

There are already companies offering 'designer baby' services in the US which claim to help parents select for traits like height, intelligence, and gender.

Dr Hodgson says: 'I would question whether evolution will be allowed to proceed naturally in the distant future'.

Likewise, just as was the case when ancient humans migrated into northern Europe , future humans could become paler in order to maximise the amount of vitamin D derived from low light. Human eyes could also become bigger and more sensitive to see in dim conditions or be enhanced with a number of technological augmentations..