Ants. They already outnumber us. Have larger societies, built in communism.
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It will be dolphin people!
He's been saying that since before The Future is Wild and his Squibbons.
Why would even be a next "dominant single species", like humans?
Out of the billions of alive organisms that had ever been on earth only humans have human intelligence. It doesn't seem like a common trait for any organism.
I think that humans are just some weird anomaly. Once we are gone there will probably not be any other intelligent species for a while, if forever.
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I think they could become dominant if they acquired language. Maybe do some crazy sign language with their 8 tentacles. Also their short lifespan could be overcome if they worked together as a group or a hivemind, like the way ants do.
None? We have millions of years head start. No creature will replace us unless we obliterate ourselves.