Evolution...?
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And they will bleed cheap bourbon and sweat Axe.Quantum Roberts said:
That seems as likely to be our next evolutionary step as anything else.
Though my guess is we all evolve into squishy fat people like in Wall-E.
you do realise that evolution is a subtle gradual on going process, we dont get a scenario where a human gives birth to a completely different life form, we have actually had some minor evolution over past few thousands ofn years
and to people saying that we have reached the pinnacle of evolution and that we dont adapt to out surroundings. you are fools we are adapting and will continue to adapt assuming we dont destroy the earth
the problem is that in the more advanced countries, advances in medicine for the most part has abolished natural selection.
and to people saying that we have reached the pinnacle of evolution and that we dont adapt to out surroundings. you are fools we are adapting and will continue to adapt assuming we dont destroy the earth
the problem is that in the more advanced countries, advances in medicine for the most part has abolished natural selection.
What will most likely happen is the next significant and readily observable change will be in the area of genetic modifications. Babies will be born with natural immunities to disease and birth defects, better athletic genes, beauty genes (a beautiful face is now a science), perhaps additions to intelligence and memory (not quite sure how far along we understand this on a genetic level but it is an inheritable trait), and protections against drug addiction.
The only way to stop evolving is to control the very DNA that constructs us, and if everyone chooses their children to be genetically modified it may halt the evolutionary process on a genetic level but will continue on a higher plane (the science lab).
The only way to stop evolving is to control the very DNA that constructs us, and if everyone chooses their children to be genetically modified it may halt the evolutionary process on a genetic level but will continue on a higher plane (the science lab).
Umm resistance to radiation, brains that use more of their power and ability to breath very small amounts of oxygen?
OT: Take note that evolution is the means by which a species adapts to survive. If something like an environmental change threatens a species it will adapt to survive.
OT: Take note that evolution is the means by which a species adapts to survive. If something like an environmental change threatens a species it will adapt to survive.
Quite impossible to know. It's kind of iffy talking about 'stages of evolution' anyway. We're a relatively young species, we could end up like the crocodile and not change much in the next million years, or we could be something totally alien.
Depends on how the environment will evolve. And that's anyone's guess. I can safely say we won't wipe ourselves out though.
Depends on how the environment will evolve. And that's anyone's guess. I can safely say we won't wipe ourselves out though.
rokkolpo said:
Evolution is merely just mutations in genetics that get passed down generations, if prove successful and useful then the organism with the mutation will live to reproduce. evolution isnt something that just happens over night when things for a species are looking grim and switches itself on and off
I'm begining to think a large amount of people on this thread dont actually know what evolutio is or how it works.
There seems to be very little understanding of how evolution actually happens in this thread.
Evolution doesn't just happen "because", and it doesn't follow any rules.
All that matters is whether or not a gene passes itself on successfully or not, and how many times it does so. And that only matters due to physical laws, not because it is a law of evolution.
So we will not lose our little toes or anything like that, because doing so in no way helps us have children and, if anything, would likely repulse potential mates, reducing our chances.
Nor have we stopped evolving altogether, because there are always ways that a species can pass on their genes more efficiently.
One thing that will happen is that people will stay fertile for longer, because a significant portion of the population is waiting a long time to start having children and, out of those, the ones who are fertile the longest have the greatest chance of successful reproduction. A potential side-effect of this may be a long life-span in general.
Further, people will start desiring more children, because there are genes that affect that and people with those genes will have more children to pass those genes onto, and so on. So those genes will spread their way through the population.
Evolution doesn't just happen "because", and it doesn't follow any rules.
All that matters is whether or not a gene passes itself on successfully or not, and how many times it does so. And that only matters due to physical laws, not because it is a law of evolution.
So we will not lose our little toes or anything like that, because doing so in no way helps us have children and, if anything, would likely repulse potential mates, reducing our chances.
Nor have we stopped evolving altogether, because there are always ways that a species can pass on their genes more efficiently.
One thing that will happen is that people will stay fertile for longer, because a significant portion of the population is waiting a long time to start having children and, out of those, the ones who are fertile the longest have the greatest chance of successful reproduction. A potential side-effect of this may be a long life-span in general.
Further, people will start desiring more children, because there are genes that affect that and people with those genes will have more children to pass those genes onto, and so on. So those genes will spread their way through the population.
This statement I see a lot of these days. And to be frank, it's wrong. 'Survival of the fittest' isn't really as simple as it looks, but you could say that today the designation of being 'fit' is very broad. People who do not fit the environment will still die.Weslebear said:
Make no mistake, 'we' have not stopped natural selection. It only appears so because there still seems to be the idea that 'fittest' means 'strongest', which it doesn't. Some people say natural selection is stopped because people who without modern technology would otherwise not have survived still live and reproduce. But that's not true. It's simply a case of the environment 'allowing' for more genetical diversity (and as such, 'disabilities').
Furthermore, natural selection isn't the only way for a species to evolve.
I fear the worst in evolution.
The movie "Idiocracy" shows a future no-one wants, I think.
One of two things may happen:
1- We, as a species turn to our most basic side and focus on being stronger and having extremely developed body parts (muscles, hands, torax).
2- We choose the intelegence and become super-powered, mentaly, being able to calculate distances, huge equations and other mathematical cunumdrums with no real effort whatsoever.
The movie "Idiocracy" shows a future no-one wants, I think.
One of two things may happen:
1- We, as a species turn to our most basic side and focus on being stronger and having extremely developed body parts (muscles, hands, torax).
2- We choose the intelegence and become super-powered, mentaly, being able to calculate distances, huge equations and other mathematical cunumdrums with no real effort whatsoever.
Yes we will. The evaluation of the human race is now approaching a place where the influence of nature no longer is the dominant factor in directing human evolution rather it is our selves that will direct the course of our evolution both directly and indirectly.NeedAUserName said:
There may come a point (relatively soon) when the human race is able to direct evolution, though i would argue that as evolution is a blind process with no goal and human intervention would have a goal then it's not really evolution anymore it's genetic engineering but that's beside the point.
Anyway even though we can alter the environment to suit us this does not alter the fundamental process of evolution it just presents us another environment to adapt to and a new set of selection forces.
Thicker skin on the face, from all the facepalms...
For serious: biology wise probably longer lifespans and such. Other than that cyborgs are still a possibility.
For serious: biology wise probably longer lifespans and such. Other than that cyborgs are still a possibility.
We will, but we probably wont live enough to see it because evolution is too long process. I mean, Homo Sapiens is 200k years old.NeedAUserName said:
Plus, the effects wouldn't be so visible. Im thinking, further reduction of vestigial organs, and maybe adding some more to the list like Thymus. Adaptation of Lugs to the higher amount of co2 in atmosphere. Increased size of Neurocranium to fit bigger brains. Things like that.
evolution requires isolation of two groups in the same species, we live and a world where you can hop a plane around the world in a day.Genes are flowing ergo no evolution
Well scientists say we are evolving now as the average height has increased over the past few thousand years.