If humanity goes extinct, this is the likeliest creature to ascend and become the next civilization builder

Octopuses are intelligent animals with brains similar in some ways to human. Credit: New Zealand Aquarium
Octopuses are intelligent animals with brains similar in some ways to human. Credit: New Zealand Aquarium

Professor Tim Coulson, a leading zoologist and biologist at the University of Oxford, suggested that octopuses could evolve into the next civilization-builders if humanity were to become extinct.

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He believes that octopuses’ intelligence, adaptability, and unique abilities make them strong candidates to fill the ecological niche left by humans.

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