The Science of The X-Files: How Global Warming Could Create a Race of Mutant Humans

The Science of The X-Files: How Global Warming Could Create a Race of Mutant Humans: "In the first season X-Files episode, "Jersey Devil," shrinking habitats lead to "missing links" emerging in the human genome, contributing to the rise of a line of feral humanoids, similar to Neanderthals. The notion that an evolutionary mutation could suddenly turn humans into horrifying mutants sounds like science fiction, but according to X-Files science advisor Anne Simon, is an actual possibility"