Future Evolution is a book written by paleontologist Peter Ward and illustrated by Alexis Rockman.

The story's time traveller who views this new refuse-covered habitat is gruesomely attacked by ravenous flesh-eating crows.

Then he questions if humanity would survive or extinguish itself by climate change, nuclear war, disease, or the posing threat of nanotechnology as terrorist weapons.

Ward describes a small beach, with cactus-like plants growing and waist high armoured creatures resembling armadillos.

Ward predicts that humans, if any exist at that time, will have to live underground and become the new ants of the Earth, much like the Morlocks from H.G.