How far will humans evolve?

Answer 1

Humans aren't any "farther" evolved than any other creature on the Earth, we've simply been adapted to our environment like every other organism. It's a simple thing, but when you phrase the question like that, we begin to look at evolution in the wrong way, really the question is "Into what will humans evolve?"

Either way the question is impossible to answer, don't believe the people here who are saying that evolution doesn't exist for humans anymore, for several reasons that is just wrong, but there are two important ones. First, modern medicine has been keeping people alive longer for a minuscule amount of time compared to the amount of time we've been around as a species. Medicine may become a factor, by hampering natural selection, but this is a case that cannot be made for long long time. Secondly, major components to evolution will still exist regardless of how good we are at keeping ourselves alive, mostly in the form of mutation. Long story short, humans have or certainly will change the way we evolve (technology will play a huge part of this in the future) but that by no means will mean we will stop evolving. Into what is anyones guess, but you can bet it will complement whatever environment we live in, or created for ourselves.

Answer 2

Humans aren't evolving much these days since our mortality rates are very low, comparatively speaking. It would take something catastrophic (practically the end of the world as we know it) to see some real evolution in human beings in the near future. That stuff that the X-Men is based on (evolution leaping forward) only happens in situations like that, not just randomly.

Answer 3

We are on the edge of a fantastoc leap in evolution.

We have finally mapped the humasn genome. Right now, science and ethics prevent much changing or experimenting with the genome. But, we are trying to use our knowledge to cure genetic diseases, and understand them better.

Soon though, within the next 100 years, we will be able to leap-from evolution and change the human genome to allow for a huge leap in brain development as well as many other "improvements" on the current human. We will have a new race of humans develop that surpass our capabilities for survival, growth, scientific development and understanding.

Using these super leaps in development, the new race of humans we develop will escape earth and find their way out to other habitable places in the universe that are beyond our reach at this time.

Answer 4

What do you mean by evolution?
If you mean variation within the human race, then it never stops.

If you mean Neo-Darwiniam evolution (monkey-to-man), then it never started.
The fossil evidence indicates that animals (and plants) remain static. Far from there being lots of 'transitional' fossils, as Darwin predicted, there are a handful of very controversial possibles.

Now that we have a greater understanding of the role of DNA we can see at a genetic level that one kind of animal does not change into another. Natural Selection acts on existing Genetic information, and does not create it. It is alleged that mutations are the creative mechanism, but no such mutations have been observed. Indeed the vast majority of mutatons are positively harmful, and natrual selection acts to reduce the impact of mutations in a population.

There are many ways to refute evolution - see links.

Answer 5

Forever until change into something different leaving "Homo" classification. There is no limits.

Actually, Humans are not under Nature laws but artificial environement laws. They still evolving into some specialized being prepared to survive over industriallized world. All our digestive bacterias are different than old world. (Try to drink common water in pakistan and you will see the difference).

Answer 6

We will evolve into being a self-sufficient single-cell. It might take a long time, but every little advance in biology is leading toward that future, and it is fueled by modern technology.

Answer 7

Actually, humans have already reached the pinnacle of their evolution and are now de-evolving. Each generation brings us back closer to apes.

Answer 8

we will evolve to the point that we non-exist. we will adventually die out like all the animals and plants on this earth will. Us humans have destroyed lifes, nature and the one creation that keeps us alive, and thats earth. There will never be a mars or moon project where we will live, and if there is it will only be important and selfish, self centred people like the president/prime minister of your government who will adventually destroy that too.

Answer 9

Probably not very much.

The driving factor for evolution, "Survival of the fittest" is being removed. People are having children despite problems which would have stopped them in the past. At the same time we are screening out "Abnormalities" which could be potentially future characteristics.

Answer 10

We're evolving?