if we live in water from now how we would evolve into?

Answer 1

If by live in water you mean we actually kinda have to0 breathe water like air then i guess we'd eventualoly develop something like gills and scales or some kind of shell maybe, in order to adapt..

but if you mean water slowly began to flood the earth, as in a slow rise in water level, then eventually we'd develop underwater environments for us to live in, like in a glass bubble of a sort so we can still survive as humans and then evolve into a semi-underwater creature existence..

Answer 2

evolution is a very slow process. changes will be gradual. so the first generation will have to live in water. FIRST, the changes needed are lungs capable of breathing long in water, since we are mammals. an example is the sperm whale, it can go down thousands of feet under water but it accumulates air first before going down. SECOND, the body will be streamlined so that they will be smooth flowing as humans get adapted into the life of swimming fast. The hands and feet will become flipper-like so as to move around easily in the water. THIRD, if humans have to live in freshwater or saltwater would make a difference. Human cells will bloat when submerged in water, so there has to be a way to control the osmotic environment between the skin and the water where humans will live.

it will not take thousands of years but probably millions of years, provided that humans will continue to live in the water. it is hard to believe, but it CAN happen. see how life evolved on earth and you can tell it is possible.

Answer 3

As a scientest of UC Berkely I have the one best theory. We would evolve into "Aquasepto Sapien". The next creature of mankind. This is a smart question you have asked. This creature is going to become real after the next ice age. Aquasepto Sapien has the human body just exactly like us. Only thing is that we would have hand and feet flippers and gills on our cheeks.

Answer 4

we wouldnt evolve...we would die in about 15 minutes. it takes way more time to evolve you cant just start living in water we would drown.

Answer 5

We dont evolve. That that been scientifically proven

Answer 6

we don't so we won't and best we know evolution is RANDOM SELECTION so predictions are not possible ! best you could do is a WAG ( wild *** guess ) and i will also note that we have a section on religion for the naysayers above ( why won't they stay out of science ? ) HEY CHRIS wouldn't a scientist be able to spell SCIENTIST ! ?

Answer 7

humans don't evolve. we would just be wet and junk.

Answer 8

who say's humans don't evolve where is the scientific proof of that ?
15 Million Years Ago Human ancestors speciate from the ancestors of the gibbon (lesser apes).
13 MYA Human ancestors speciate from the ancestors of the great apes.
Pierolapithecus catalaunicus is believed to be a common ancestor of humans and the great apes or at least a species that brings us closer to a common ancestor than any previous fossil discovery.

Pierolapithecus had special adaptations for tree climbing, just as humans and other great apes do: a wide, flat ribcage, a stiff lower spine, flexible wrists, and shoulder blades that lie along its back.

10 MYA Human ancestors speciate from the ancestors of the gorillas.
5 MYA
Sahelanthropus tchadensisHuman ancestors speciate from the ancestors of the chimpanzees. The latest common ancestor is Sahelanthropus tchadensis.The earliest in the human branch is Orrorin tugenensis (Millennium Man, Kenya). Both chimpanzees and humans have a larynx that repositions during the first two years of life to a spot between the pharynx and the lungs, indicating that the common ancestors have this feature, a precursor of speech.

4.4 MYA Ardipithecus ramidus ramidus (Hominid? Walks upright most of the time? Still spend time on trees?)
3.7 MYA Some Australopithecus afarensis left footprints on volcanic ash in Laetoli, Kenya (Northern Tanzania).
3 MYA The bipedal australopithecines (early hominines) evolve in the savannas of Africa being hunted by Dinofelis.
2 MYA
Homo habilisHomo habilis is thought to be the ancestor of the lankier and more sophisticated, Homo ergaster, which in turn gave rise to the more human appearing species, Homo erectus. There is debate over whether H. habilis is a direct human ancestor, and over how many known fossils are properly attributed to the species.

see: Homo rudolfensis

1.8 MYA
Homo erectusHomo erectus evolves in Africa. Homo erectus would bear a striking resemblance to modern humans, but had a brain about 74 percent of the size of modern man. Its forehead is less sloping and the teeth are smaller.

It is believed to be an ancestor of modern humans (with Homo heidelbergensis usually treated as an intermediary step).

1.75 MYA Dmanisi man / Homo georgicus (Georgia, Russia), tiny brain came from Africa, with Homo erectus and Homo habilis characteristics.
700 kYA Common genetic ancestor of humans and Neanderthal.
355 kYA Three 1.5m tall Homo heidelbergensis left footprints in powdery volcanic ash solidified in Italy. Homo heidelbergensis is the common ancestor of both Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens. It is morphologically very similar to Homo erectus but Homo heidelbergensis had a larger brain-case, about 93% the size of that of Homo sapiens. The species was tall, 1.8 m (6 ft.) on average, and more muscular than modern humans.
195 kYA Omo1, Omo2 (Ethiopia, Omo river) are the earliest Homo sapiens
160 kYA Homo sapiens (Homo sapiens idaltu) in Ethiopia, Awash River, Herto village, practise mortuary rituals and butcher hippos.
150 kYA Birth of the mitochondrial Eve in Africa. She is the earliest female ancestor common to all mitochondrial lineages in humans alive today.
130 kYA FOXP2 (gene associated with the development of speech) appears.
100 kYA
Homo sapiensThe first anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) appear in Africa some time before this, they evolved from Homo heidelbergensis.

At present estimate, humans have approximately 20,000–25,000 genes and share 98.5% of their DNA with their closest living evolutionary relative, the chimpanzees. [1]

Homo sapiens skin is relatively hairless in comparison to other primates. The skin colour of contemporary humans can range from very dark brown to very pale pink. It is geographically stratified and in general correlates with the environmental level of UV. Human skin and hair colour is controlled in part by the MC1R gene. For example, the red hair and pale skin of some Europeans is the result of mutations in MC1R. Human skin has a capacity to darken (sun tanning) in response to UV exposure. Variation in the ability to sun tan is also controlled in part by

what was that about human evolution?
it would take hundreds of thousands of years for us to grow gills.

Answer 9

OH fool !
Why we live in water? are you a fish?

Answer 10

we'd quickly get grandparent's hands from all of the water....wrinkly hands!