The harsh truth is Homo sapiens may go extinct in the very near future. Threatening conditions such as: overpopulation, climate change, asteroids, genetically modified foods, man-made toxins, and extra-terrestrials invasions could annihilate the human race. But humans' are cognitive creatures and may somehow find a way to allude the fate of near 99% of extinct creatures that have ever occupied planet Earth. What lessons can we learn from species that have gone extinct before us? What steps can we take to assure that humans will not end up on the endangered species list? Will our new inventions empower us or will we be unhappy with the new futuristic reality we are building? If we cannot adapt to our contaminated environment we may discover we only have two options to save our species. We have choices-right now we must decide where we want the human race to go. We are at crossroads in the evolution of our species. Are Homo sapiens destined to become cybernetic organisms or should we begin tarraforming Mars to escape planet Earth?