PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Space Technol.
Sec. Space Exploration
This article is part of the Research TopicInnovation in Medical Space TechnologyView all 9 articles
The Role of Early Human Development and Multidimensional Enhancements in Driving Space Adaptation and Universal Cognition
Provisionally accepted
- The Last Frontier, Rochefort, Belgium
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This manuscript provides a glimpse into the future of early human development in space environments, underpinned by interdisciplinary research and technological advancements. The implications of early human development in space are analyzed, exploring potential scenarios that could enhance human biology to adapt effectively to these conditions. It is proposed that the initial phases of human development might serve as an optimal period for fostering biological adaptation to space. Such adaptations could pave the way for the emergence of new evolutionary states, establishing the groundwork for a novel human subspecies. The potential for these emerging subspecies to develop the ability to perceive diverse environmental properties hints at a groundbreaking biological era designated here as Universal Cognition.
Keywords: Human space exploration, Reproduction and Development in Space, Developmental Space Biology, Evo-Devo, Human enhancements, Universal Cognition, Futures
Received: 15 Sep 2025; Accepted: 24 Oct 2025.
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* Correspondence: Marta Ferraz, ferraz@farfutures.org
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