EXO-BOTH Type III

In terms of humans, hundreds of thousands of years of evolution - both biological and mechanical - may result in the inhabitants of this type III civilization being incredibly different from the human race as we know it. These may be cyborgs (or cybernetic organism, beings both biological and robotic), with the descendants of regular humans being a sub-species among the now-highly advanced society.

Synthetic biology, the study of synthesizing and manipulating biological devices and systems.