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While the books' premise does not require evolution to be factual -- mutations are known to occur -- the premise is explored in a way that assumes it is.  A storyline in the early 2000s suggested that "regular" humanity, ''homo sapiens sapiens'', would be extinct within a century, replaced entirely with the mutant species ''homo sapiens superior''.  Since then, a new event decimated the mutant population and prevented the mutant gene--the "x-factor"--from being passed on to new children, meaning it would be mutants going extinct within a generation, but this is unlikely to last, as some of the effects of the event are already "wearing off" or have otherwise been rectified.

While the books' premise does not require evolution to be factual -- mutations are known to occur -- the premise is explored in a way that assumes it is.  A storyline in the early 2000s suggested that "regular" humanity, ''homo sapiens sapiens'', would be extinct within a century, replaced entirely with the mutant species ''homo sapiens superior''.  Since then, a new event decimated the mutant population and prevented the mutant gene--the "x-factor"--from being passed on to new children, meaning it would be mutants going extinct within a generation, but this is unlikely to last, as some of the effects of the event are already "wearing off" or have otherwise been rectified.

The X-Men franchise has spawned a [[X-Men film series|series of successful movies]] in the 2000s, including ''[[X-men (film, 2000)|X-Men]]'', ''[[X2: X-Men United]]'', ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'' and ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', and is still popular today.

The X-Men franchise spawned a series of movies in the 2000s and is still popular today.

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