If we evolved,why arent we still evolving?

Question

Because we were CREATED!

Answer 1

the story goes its to slow to see, but there is no eveadence in the fossil record, sure they are alwasy claming to find something then realizing its faulse, but if evolution didn exist there sould be millions of fossils that should have the slow changes.

then otheres say it happens fast, and we sure don't see that

Answer 2

Dude, we are still evolving and we will never stop evolving. Just because you can't see the changes that take place doesn't mean they don't occur. Think about it. If I look the same now as I did yesterday, and I look the same tomorrow as I do now, you might wonder why an old person doesn't even resemble what they looked like when they were born. It is because that person is constantly changing, even though those changes are usually very small. That is how evolution works.

Answer 3

man, I bet you really think you've hit the jackpot on this one haven't you. We are still evolving, just at a slower pace. The reason is because we have evolved to civilization we are no longer in an epic struggle against the world. And besides, evolution has taken places for a billion years and in the past 10,000 you wouldn't see many changes, let alone with the factors explained above.

Answer 4

Evolution happens of a long period of time. The earth is billions of years old. Each child is different than the generation before it. If that child lives to an age where he/she can have children then that childs children will be different than the parent too. All evolution is change over time. People change over time. 200 hundred years ago people on average were 3 to 4 inches shorter. Now because of increased food supplies bigger people can survive and not die of starvation of course there are other factors in this change. But it is an example of people changing over time.

Answer 5

We still are. People are living longer (not just due to medical technology, though that helps) Children are developing sooner in the areas of puberty, we're more technologically advanced than ever, which indicates greater intellect and understanding, etc....

If you look at the skeletal remains of say primitive man, 13th century man and today humans you would notice a great many changes just from the visual. Our posture is more erect, we have gotten taller, et al.

One just has to realize that evolution takes time and does not usually occur over the span of a generation but rather over the span of hundreds of generations.

Answer 6

We are evolving, dude. Do you think that evolution takes place in a second? Or to just one person? No! It is an extremely slow process that takes place all the time. It cannot be noticed because it is so slow.

Answer 7

Question... Do/did you have all four wisdom teeth? I know I did (before they were removed), kinda proud to have all four of those 'old fashioned' teeth! Now...are you aware that more and more people now only ever develop TWO of those teeth? My aunt is one of them. And there are also many others that never develop ANY? I'm not talking about teeth that are simply impacted and don't come through, I'm talking about teeth that never even exist down in your gums, they never develop at all.

We no longer have the need for those particular teeth that our earlier human ancestors did...and so they are starting to go away. The old "use it or lose it" thing. And guess what, that's called EVOLUTION. And it's happening NOW. Just slow enough and in small enough steps that you don't notice.

Answer 8

We are! Evolution doesn't happen in 1 or 2 generations though. And for evolution to work, you need natural selection to remove the variations that aren't so successful. For example when a big disease epidemic hits (eg. Black Plague), it leaves behind only people with stronger natural immune systems. The next generation will have this trait passed on to them. Humans in general evolve a slightly better immune system especially to that kind of germ.

Answer 9

We removed ourselves from it. We hide in little climate controlled boxed popping vitamins. How are we to change when we control the environment and our food suppl? These are things that the rest of the planet is subject to. The dandelions in my back yard evolved to evade the lawnmower. They lay low to the lawn until the seed are ready to fly and then they reach for the sky. Evolution happens all around us with out us noticing. We're all to busy in our little boxes.

Answer 10

We are:
A comprehensive scan of the human genome finds that hundreds of our genes have undergone positive natural selection during the past 10,000 years of human evolution.
Genes are the instructions organisms use to make proteins. They are encoded in genetic material, usually DNA, and some come in different versions, called “alleles." Positive natural selection occurs when one allele is favored over another due to changes in the environment.
Researchers from the University of Chicago analyzed the genomes of 209 unrelated individuals from three distinct human populations: East Asians, Europeans and Yorubans from Nigeria. Each population contained roughly 250 positively selected genes; however, most of the affected genes differed depending on the group.
“This study addresses the question 'Are humans still evolving?', and the answer is 'Absolutely,'" study team member Benjamin Voight told LiveScience

Answer 11

Evolution happens continually and over a very long time. Most people don't notice the changes as they are so subtle.

For example, the average body shape and size for men and women ( and I don't mean due to McDonalds) have increased over the last 60 years but it was only noticed when someone categorized the issue.