Are we still evolving?
Are we still evolving? I'd very much like to know.
| Yes | 65 | |
| No | 18 |
Ask Your Question today
Are we still evolving? I'd very much like to know.
| Yes | 65 | |
| No | 18 |
Yes. Some things that are changing right now: body hair is becoming less and less common, the brain is shrinking very slightly over the years, and wisdom teeth are slowly disappearing.
Evolution is moving a bit slower in recent history as the method for diversity (mutation) is occurring less as men that used to have children later in life are now doing so at a considerably younger age and introducing less mutations.
There's also speculation on whether or not diabetes and heart disease resistances will be selected for due to the pressures these are causing on the developed world.
I believe humans have become the first animal to start devolving. This makes sense to me because we are the first animal to become intelligent enough to create robots and other electronics to do things for us. Also the internet is becoming a downfall of society because people get out for real life less often.
Humans laziness overtime will slowly manifest as mental and physical devolution as our technology enables us to become stupider and weaker.
Don't forget about the public education system which has deliberately dumbed down the current generation.They've attempted to rewrite American history and stopped emphasizing strength in math and science. They also don't prepare kids for adversity in life by banning dodgeball and not keeping score in sports(we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings). Instead they'd rather teach kids how to put a condom on a cucumber and get them sexually active as soon as possible. It's social engineering taking place now.
evolution has slowed down ever since we became the top species on the planet. it still happens, but even slower than it was. judging by today's common lifestyle and technology, the fact is, becoming the fatties in chairs from wall-E is closer than you think. technically, we're DEvolving, because our species doesn't NEED to get stronger, and is adapting to having all these luxuries. so, if they were able to stay healthy, technically, the strongest, healthiest people on earth would be those people in africa. they seem to be evolving at the same pace.
If you believe in Evolution. As many will argue it does not exist and never will. I do not believe we are going to evolve anymore. We have eliminated the need for it. We have taken away the regulator(predator) and all other sorts of issues which are suppose to thin the heard. Without this our rates do not stay in check and we keep expanding and it will get to the point we no longer have enough resources to support ourselves.
I honestly believe it is the complete opposite. Technology-wise we are advancing but as a species I feel as if we have come to a stop. There is nothing to adapt to. Everything is done to shelter us. There's no need to develop a resistance to certain diseases - we are all vaccinated anyway. Due to globalisation I believe there is no need for us to evolve. In our earlier form we migrated to all corners of the Earth and adapted to those environments. For example, Scandinavians are typically light in colouring due to the lack of sun. Now people from all races are mixing and living in other parts of the world, which are essentially the same as the rest unless you live somewhere in the middle of the Amazon and have never even seen a lighter before.
If you are talking about speciation occuring then no. If you are talking about the changes in certain phenotypes in different populations then yes.
Depends what you mean by 'evolving'.
If you're talking about the minor changes that every species undergoes for the better, it's possible.
If you're talking about the theory that a species can become something completely different through 'evolution', then no, it's not possible. That's just a useless theory that some atheists choose to explain their existence.
I'd need to see evidence to prove any current "evolving". Any humans growing wings out there?
There are genetic mutations that confer resistance to Malaria and HIV that are spreading. Also lactase persistence is a mutation that is likely to spread.
Wings are unlikely. It is not likely that someone would have children with someone whose arms are becoming more wing-like . So the very slow progression to wings cannot really happen. People tend to see that sort of physical deformity as very undesirable.
There are small things that we will need to evolve. People believe that our little finger will eventually disappear in our species. This cannot happen unless there is an advantage in having a smaller little finger and having large little fingers will somehow result in your death. Not going to happen. Remember up until about 100 years ago our appendix was gradually getting small as a species. As a small appendix would mean lest likely to get appendicitis so there was a driving force to have a small appendix. Now doctors can operate to prevent appendicitis from being fatal.
Natural selection is at a dead standstill for the most part. People who would have died in the "wild" are now surviving thanks to medicinal/technological advancements.
I voted nah.