Do you believe living things are mutating and in future say a million years things will all be different?

Question

I saw a documentary about sea creatures with blue blood and three hearts.Maybe this is preparation for us to adapt to the new world to come?

Answer 1

This is very difficult to say.

Currently, the human impact on the environment changes much more rapidly than animals and plants can evolve to follow it. There are examples of organisms adapting to the human-made environment, such as antibiotic-resistant microorganisms. But don't expect totally new species of birds, fish and mammals to evolve under influence of humans.

If we assume that the man-made environment will stay the way it is now for the next hundred millions years, it is likely that the rats, pigeons, flies and feral cats with which we share our cities will evolve into something totally new. Nice topic for a science fiction story.

But this is probably not so realistic. Man-made environments have changed a lot during the last hundred years alone - think of the impact that pesticides, fertilizer, fishing, air pollution and wildlife management have on other species. It is very difficult to say what will happen in the next hundred years, let alone the next million years.

Maybe we will create artificial species and release them into the environment. Maybe human themselves will evolve a lot (there have been several discussions here about future human evolution so I won't go into that).

Answer 2

YES We are mutating and evolving as we speak but this is sooooo sloooooooow that its noticed after thousands of years.

Scientists have divided the evolution time line into eras.u know the Jurrasic Era,Mesozoic Era etc etc...The world in an era is pretty much different from any other era.Eras generally last for millions of years.

What era is this?This era is called Holocene era it started 10thousand years ago.The era before this is called Pleistocene era.It started about 2million years ago and lasted for approx 2million years.(It was the smallest era).So dont worry u wont be around to see mutated animals....but may be your great great great great great great great ....grand son/daughter man see a cross between an elephant and a rat.

Evolution ROCKS

Answer 3

Mutations are not planned. Mutations are errors, the two in copying or repairing genetic code. micro organism can take in distant places DNA and comprise it into their hereditary makeup. it is efficiently playing, you could not win in case you do not roll dem bones. In maximum 'larger' organisms in basic terms mutations of the cells that type gametes (eggs and sperm) are important for adaptive purposes. Any mutation in different actual cells that has an important result many times outcomes in the cells dying. Mutation has no purpose or reason in basic terms outcomes that bypass from it by the way. Mutations that enhance survival and reproductive rates are preserved, people who impair are decreased and eradicated, people who have not any on the spot result are the two preserved or eradicated by danger. A mutation that has no on the spot result could grow to be advantageous or disadvantageous could desire to circumstances substitute sooner or later. the same must be reported for advantageous or disadvantageous mutations, changing circumstances could opposite or negate their outcomes on survival besides.

Answer 4

In a million years most living creatures will have evolved, but it will take more than twice this time for footballers to grow a brain.

Answer 5

a million of years is enough for life to make big changes, and now ther is a new factor that will influence the future evolution: men. At the opposite, since at present all kinds of humans reproduce, we will experience a devolution, in particular a decrement of our brains' size. What will happen? Mah...

Answer 6

I think it it generally accepted that all species adapt to their environment in order to survive.

Change and growth/decay is the essence of life from bacteria to universe..

Compare life hundreds of years ago and today.

regarding the sea creatures, the sea holds many different forms of life, quite how that could help us in adapting to the newworld, i am unsure??

Answer 7

I am a mutant, so yes things are mutating.
The next step is Natural Selection, do the mutants have an advantage over the mundane population?

Answer 8

If you mean evolving, then yes. All life on earth evolves according to the changes in the environment in order to survive.

Answer 9

U mean like will your progeny finally be light-skinned?

Edna Bambrick

Answer 10

Yes it is called evolution.