I don't think it is a genetic predestination. I think the mutations are environmental impact adaptations or responses.

Did they express why those mutations were developing? I'm not sure if this automatically equates to extinction as much as evolution. We seem to be uniquely built to change to survive, but seem to also be built to easily deny and avoid necessary changes. Those who adapt continue, those who don't... well...

I sometimes hang out with the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, also known as Vehement, online. I have no problem with humans becoming extinct, I just wish we weren't taking so many other species along for the ride. The Sixth Extinction is a scary book because it tells the truth.

I think it is pretty apparent that humans are evolving, but not fast enough. Our ability to cope with our own technology is pretty limited. The smartest humans are practically another species, already, from the dumbest of us. However, this time a minority of evolved humans will either have to vacate the premises to avoid the disaster the numbnuts are creating or go down with the ship. I'm not convinced that we're looking far enough ahead to have that escape route figured out in time.

The only "hope" of any species continuing is to evolve into something else.
To remain the "same" is a genetic, evolutionary dead end.

the universe dosent concern itsellf with life,

Again with the eugenics.

Weren't the various genocides of last century enough for you people?

Yet we apparently can’t out-evolve our instinct to consume the planet in order to obtain the resources necessary for maximum procreation … as if we’re an isolated subspecies of humanity on the edge of extinction. It does not look good..

Those achieving a level of educated understanding are constantly undercut by those who aren’t. As the educated societies limit their reproduction -- the primitive nations burst their borders; it’s the most immediate threat to global stability and one that’s shaking up both Europe and the USA.

We as humans are the only known species with the capacity to alter our genetic destiny, but even that probably won't be enough to prevent our ultimate demise. We may still go extinct by self inflicted harm or the inability to prevent a catastophic event like a impact from a major asteroid or comet.

It is likely that environmental degradation due to human overpopulation, or some natural extinction event will do in our species. It is just a quetion of when.

I sure as hell hope so.