As the scientist who helped eradicate smallpox he certainly know a thing or two about extinction.

And now Professor Frank Fenner, emeritus professor of microbiology at the Australian National University, has predicted that the human race will be extinct within the next 100 years.

He has claimed that the human race will be unable to survive a population explosion and 'unbridled consumption.’

Fenner told The Australian newspaper that 'homo sapiens will become extinct, perhaps within 100 years.'

'A lot of other animals will, too,' he added.

'It's an irreversible situation. I think it's too late. I try not to express that because people are trying to do something, but they keep putting it off.'

Since humans entered an unofficial scientific period known as the Anthropocene - the time since industrialisation - we have had an effect on the planet that rivals any ice age or comet impact, he said.

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Yeah, I have always believed that that death was a selection of sorts. Between the life coming in, there needed to be a balance of life going out. Now we have learned to slow that down by organ transplants, vaccinations and so forth to prolong life, but we have not stopped to consider what we need to sustain more people. Everything has a reason, even death. No one wants to let go of or lose someone they love, but are we really supposed to live longer?

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