If humans went extinct what animal would dominate next

Overview;-

What is evolution?
What would be the next animal after humans?
Is it ants to dominate the earth?

Evolution;-

If humans went extinct what animal would dominate next

Evolution is a change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes that are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction.

We could stand on two legs run really fast make friends and start a fire the many benchmarks that our planet requires to kick-start a civilization but unfortunately for us in this hypothetical situation we've just been swatted away by the unfathomable will of the universe.

If humans went extinct?

Today we curiously ask the question if humans weren't extinct what would replace us roll the clip for the curious amongst you that clip was of course from the resounding 2011 movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes where Caesar finally found his voice and told humanity that their time had come over here on planet Earth which of course probably leads us to our first the most important opening point obviously the likeliest candidate to be the animal that replaced our species following a mass extinction event would be our closest relatives and it doesn't really take that much imagination to perhaps envisioning a world similar to the Planet of the Apes series where unless you're an unfortunate time-traveling human astronaut caught in a wormhole there shouldn't be any concern for being rounded up captured and put in a cage by a new ape overlords given the fact.

We had already been dead the fact of the matter is humankind is the only current living hominid whose conservation status is not already endangered or worse than that critically endangered across the planet the animal kingdom is under imminent threat from the ever-expanding megalith of human civilization and the delicate environs and eCos fears that the likeliest contenders to inherit the earth currently residing are under increasing amounts of pressure in all likelihood the kind of global crisis that would precede a mass extinction event of humanity would also wipe out pretty much every species on the planet apes included in fact a bonobo and chimpanzee contenders would be just as likely to contract a population destroying disease as we humans would be however that doesn't mean that there aren't many other choice contenders to perhaps take the next top spot for planet Earth's most dominant species obviously for the sake of this hypothetical argument.

What animal would dominate next?

We will agree that there was no apocalyptic event that heralded a demise and humanity just kind of disappeared overnight not with a bang but a whimper because then that leaves us with so many more options and as they say variety is the spice of life but first we'll have to map out just exactly what it may take to clamber to the top of the evolutionary pile in detail the specific earthly requirements that precede it if we use our own evolutionary track record we know that there are roughly three or four key elements for a species to make its way towards some form of sentient success on earth main

one being that they need to have a long enough lifespan to see the fruit of their labor grow that means don't worry about the creatures of the deep ocean crawling from the depths and taking over because did you know the average lifespan of an octopus is between three to five years and on the path toward sentience and civilization that's a pretty bum deal first off there needs to be some kind of capacity for sociability.

Our ancestors quickly learned that being the loner of the group didn't tend to result in any kind of continued survival particularly in the latter stages of our pursuit toward humanity the ability to socially interact with other members of our species led toward a sense of shared cooperation and with cooperation came success social cues and some form of expression recognition led to tools hunting-gathering and eventually agriculture and the dawn of civilization that means that particularly here pack animals such as canines and some felines and other species such as otters and beavers have an immediate advantage.

Obviously apes are also included on this list but come on those guys are already cheating next up the ability for physical manipulation is of critical importance the sociable path toward tool-making of farming is worthless if you don't have the appendages to contribute toward forced multiplication dexterity and motor skills aren't absolute must for any current species that hopes to fill the space left behind by humanity and again apes already have this market pretty much cornered however traditional hands and fingers aren't the only requirement as theoretically any form of extended appendage can do the trick an elephant's trunk even an octopus tentacle would work the most likely candidates here though other than the Apes are those with some form of opposable thumb this could be anything from an opossum a koala bear , a giant panda, a red panda or hell even most types of frog also otters again fit into this category and arecute hand-holding friends are quickly becoming the hot new favorite speaking of hot there's perhaps another major leap that a new earth lieutenants would need and unless they've got a Perseus of their own to steal fire from the gods the ability to strike a flint and tinder is a checkbox that need to be ticked you see unless the chemical composition of our planet changed during the events of this hypothetical situation somewhere down the line and new species is going to have to learn how to make a campfire and that pretty much eliminates any aquatic or semi aquatic species unless they're in the business of figuring out some other method of physical combustion again this is where the Apes are cornering the market as there are already instances where bonobos can light fires with ease although with butane lighters and then fryan egg for dinner yeah like I said guys they're pretty overpowered the fact of the matter is if we disappeared tomorrow ape relatives are probably a few thousand years away from reaching a similar journey toward levels of sentience if left enough alone .

However, there is one hypothetical instance where a much much smaller creature than an ape would perhaps find their way through them in a field that is an evolutionary success given enough time of course after the dinosaurs were wiped out the small shrew-like road and the previously skittered beneath the feet of the great reptilian creatures became the first mammal to step forward in a new age of evolution eventually giving rise to every other successful land mammal of the animal kingdom and every power slaves in the shoes of dinosaurs

Animal that would dominate next- Is it ants?

What would we see when we look down ants a species of insect belonging to the order Hymenoptera that just so happened to tick quite a few of our boxes when it comes to evolutionary success that also seems to exhibit fascinating traits that segue many of the parameters required to become a dominant species here on earth.

Obviously, ants are small in fact very very small but just like that tiny shrew evolution has a pretty successful habit of finding a way maybe after Humanity is long long gone even after our nearest mammalian relatives gave civilization a shot after several millennia of strange perplexing epochs ace species that evolved from their distant ancestor at the ant would be sat at their desk clicking their thorax spindled fingers against a keyboard trying to answer this very same question now that's quite a thought isn't it well there we have it a very long and very short answer to the question if humans weren't extinct what would replace us in all likelihood it would be Apes although ants have a pretty decent shot given a long enough time what do you guys think do you agree or disagree or do you see it some other way entirely let me know your thoughts down in the comment section.