what do you think is the next step( and proceeding steps) of human evolution?

Question

as in what changes do you think will occur developmentally in humans over the next several thousand years? adding also the gentically modified steps inour evolution....

Answer 1

Species do not evolve, individuals show variation and sometimes that variation is pro reproductive, (not necessarily pro long and happy life) In that case a pool of individuals with that trait grows and reinforces it. Such variation tends to be absorbed in a large mobile population and cause no long term divergence, so our own mobility and global success works against a new variety of human emerging.

One can anticipate however that our science will progress far faster then any normal evolution and in a short time a group of therapies will be available that will offer longer life, greater vitality and sexual enjoyment, improved health in general and whatever appearance is desired. The trend to these things already exists. The factor that will isolate this group of advantaged humans may already exist as well, since it is likely that such biological tinkering will be available only to those who can afford it. We may see the very rich diverging as a virtual new type of human in the next fifty years, followed by the middle class in places like America. The difference in lifespan between a wealthy nation and a third world one is now twenty five years or more, it may stretch to a century. A pretty big issue putting wealth and experience against endless numbers...

Answer 2

The next generation is always born from those in this generation who have children. The next change won't be physically apparent. Women who are educated and have careers tend to have fewer children than those who are less educated and don't have careers. The trend will therefore be that humans of the future will be less intelligent than those of today. Paradoxical, eh?

Answer 3

That is, if we live to see another thousand years. If we don't kill ourselves because we will unleash antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, or chop down every last tree creating an ecology we can not survive. Maybe we will turn into those little gray men, the aliens that we are being "visited" by are us visiting their past through time travel.

Answer 4

We're getting larger. Taller, more bulk. And I don't just mean fat. Physically larger. Anyone owning stock in companies dealing with increased size, from the Big&Tall mens' clothing to increasing the size of airline seats, is going to make allot of money. $$$$

Answer 5

I think making clones of humans.Finding a cure for cancer and AIDS (i know it is also found but the medicin industries are fault) and go to Mars after we can find out a special suit for the Mars's radiation

Answer 6

Human evolution is the part of the theory of evolution by which human beings emerged as a distinct species. It is the subject of a broad scientific inquiry that seeks to understand and describe how this change and development occurred. The study of human evolution encompasses many scientific disciplines, most notably physical anthropology and genetics. The term "human", in the context of human evolution, refers to the genus Homo, but studies of human evolution usually include other hominins, such as the australopithecines.

Until about 50,000–40,000 years ago the use of stone tools seems to have progressed stepwise: each phase (habilis, ergaster, neanderthal) started at a higher level than the previous one, but once that phase had started further development was slow. In other words, one might call these Homo species culturally conservative. After 50,000 BP, what Jared Diamond and other anthropologists characterize as a Great Leap Forward, human culture apparently started to change at much greater speed: "modern" humans started to bury their dead carefully, made clothing out of hides, developed sophisticated hunting techniques (such as pitfall traps, or driving animals to fall off cliffs), and made cave paintings. This speed-up of cultural change seems connected with the arrival of modern humans, homo sapiens sapiens. Additionally, human culture began to become more advanced, in that, different populations of humans begin to create novelty in existing technologies. Artifacts such as fish hooks, buttons and bone needles begin to show signs of variation among different population of humans, something that has not been seen in human cultures prior to 50,000 BP.

Whether this was an acceleration from standstill, or a trend that had in fact already started earlier, is debated: many innovations of the past 50,000 years are known to have occasional precursors in the Middle Stone Age. Among innovations of the Acheulian and the Middle Stone Age are the use of fire (500,000 BP), building shelters (400,000 BP), production of stone blades or knives (280,000 BP), grinding stones (280,000 BP), long distance barter trade (140,000 BP), fishing gear (110,000 BP), mining (100,000 BP), and beads (75,000 BP). However, these mostly remain incidents and do not become common until after 50,000 BP.

Theoretically, modern human behaviour is taken to include four ingredient capabilities: abstract thinking (concepts free from specific examples), planning (taking steps to achieve a farther goal), innovation (finding new solutions), and symbolic behaviour (such as images, or rituals). Among concrete examples of modern human behaviour, anthropologists include specialization of tools, use of jewelry and images (such as cave drawings), organization of living space, rituals (for example, burials with grave gifts), specialized hunting techniques, exploration of less hospitable geographical areas, and barter trade networks. Debate continues whether there was indeed a "Revolution" leading to modern man ("the big bang of human consciousness"), or a more gradual evolution.

Answer 7

Well we will probably start to live longer and become more resistant to disease. Maybe our brains will grow in capacity so we will have the ability to learn more.

Answer 8

Perhaps a better, larger brain

Answer 9

We will lose our appendix.

Intelligence will be preferred over strength, so frailty probably would occur.

Answer 10

I think we are more likely to become extinct than to evolve significantly.