2006-06-30 23:38:34 · 13 answers · asked by karthik s 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
This would only happen if a population of the human species was isolated from other humans and from technology and forced to adapt to an unusual environment. It would take several generations, nobody would know it was happening until centuries later when they dug up their ancestors and then they'd argue about whether it happened or not.
2006-06-30 23:49:31 · answer #1 · answered by kaplah 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can people who know NOTHING about evolution say that it does not happen? Evolution is the driving force behind speciation. Yes there is a chance that Homo sapiens can evolve, but it will not happen in our lifetimes, or a hundred lifetimes. Evolution works in hundreds of thousands of years. Think about it. There is variation in all humans. Some are tall, some short. Some smart, some not so smart. Some fat, some thin. If some variation occurs that improves that individuals chance of living longer, that individual will probably pass that trait on to their offspring. This is natural selection. This does happen- It's not open to debate or argument. It does happen. It is a provable phenomenom.
2006-06-30 23:55:25 · answer #2 · answered by Billy C. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We were fearfully and wonderfully created. We can have variety within a specie but crossing specie breeds infertile offspring. Evolutionary evidence supports punctuated evolution. That is fossil record shows stable species then suddenly new species. There was no slow processes which are the basis for Darwinian evolution. Survival of the fittest only makes changes within the specie.
2006-06-30 23:49:59 · answer #3 · answered by St Lusakan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are currently at a point where we are able to direct some level of evolution ourselves. Given global travel, the current trend is moving towards homogeneousness, but it's possible that we may wish to develop a sister species for purposes of colonisation. (I'm thinking either in the oceans or in space.)
2006-06-30 23:47:44 · answer #4 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A new species? Probably not. Technically we are already an evolved form. The natural hair, skin, and eye color are all brown. So technically, all blondes, redheads, people with blue or green eyes, and whites are all a different 'species', we just don't look at it that way.
2006-07-01 04:49:07 · answer #5 · answered by Drew 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, assuming that faster than light travel isn't possible people will eventually be split up into galactic regional subspecies by the vastness of interstellar distances and the selective factors of different planets.
2006-07-01 04:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with cloning and genetic engineering, whatever comes after homo sapiens will not be created by evolution
2006-06-30 23:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by oldguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, species are constantly evolving. Maybe in a couple hundred thousand years there will be several more species like us.
2006-07-01 00:59:08 · answer #8 · answered by k10sbride 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that where homo sexuals came from? BTW, I'm not homophobic...just a homo.
2006-07-01 03:05:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
the healthiest ,the strongest ,the better adapted to the surrounding condition will survive with all that the nature offers every day
2006-07-01 00:05:18 · answer #10 · answered by qwq 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋