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The disappearance of dinosaurs tens of millions of years ago allowed mammals to occupy the vacated ecological niche. Who knows where evolution would have turned if this global extinction had not happened? Maybe you and I would not be here. Today, the planet is ruled by man, Homo sapiens, who was able to bypass a bunch of competitors and adapt to the most unimaginable conditions. And if people disappear, who will be able to take our place? Who is the main contender for the title of a new intelligent being and why? This is the topic of a lecture by anthropologist Stanislav Drobyshevsky. Stanislav Drobyshevsky is a Russian anthropologist and popularizer of the scientific worldview. Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University. Scientific editor of the portal Anthropogenesis.ru 20200303