Is evolution still happening today?

Question

If so, what? If not, why not?

I'm asking because I want to know, not just to prove any points. Please just answer the question. Thanks!

Answer 1

No, and it has never happened. If it did it would still be happening and it's not.
Come on, come on give me more thumbs down.

Answer 2

An interesting concept I read a few weeks/months ago postulated that evolutionary changes may be triggered by neutrinos passing though our body and rearranging mitochondrial DNA. (Gee I hope I got that right.)
One of the vexations in evolution is that it appears that in many cases the physical adaptations were radical not gradual. And now the guys and gals over in the Science Cat. here in Answers are interested to discover that neutrinos may have mass. But back to evo - Yes, of course it is happening here and now. The entire earth and really the universe is always in a constant state of flux. Nothing ever stays the same. If it doesn't change it vanishes from this planet.
Good luck in your search for the truth.

Answer 3

Of course, the fact that so many animals evolved from just those on the Ark is evidence of it. In the last century, we have seen the emergence of a more evolved human, that is living longer, and is taller. There was a reality show on PBS called 1900 House, in which the father was a Royal Marine. They had to have a special uniform made for him because the old ones would not fit current men, who are now eight inches taller than one century ago.

Starting with the generation born in 1900, we have seen a major change in humans. Some think it is a result of the Spanish Flu, which mostly killed the young and healthy. More American solders died of it in WWI than in action. Those that survived it had to be especially strong.

Answer 4

Sure. There are actually some really interesting theories about where human evolution is going to go in the future. It won't be for many, many, many generations, but in no way is evolution at a standstill or anything like that. The below link has an interesting article about that subject.

Answer 5

yes, it is. Its just very slow (it takes 10 generations to noticably evolve). Think of it like an hour hand on a clock, it is slow, and if you watch it (all of human history), you can't detect any movement, but if you look at it periodically (the fossil record), you see definite movement. But, some evolutionary changes through human history:
*medieval humans were shorter than we are today.
*humans have gotten more thin boned on the average

Evolution is always occuring, even if it does not seem apparent (you won't see a zoo animal morphing into something else). Hope this helps!

Answer 6

Microevolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microevolution

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Microevolution is the occurrence of small-scale changes in allele frequencies in a population, over a few generations, also known as change at or below the species level.
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Macroevolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macroevolution

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Macroevolution refers to evolution that occurs above the level of species, in contrast with microevolution, which refers to smaller evolutionary changes (typically described as changes in allele frequencies) within a species or population. The process of speciation may fall within the purview of either, depending on the forces thought to drive it. Paleontology, evolutionary developmental biology, and comparative genomics contribute most of the evidence for the patterns and processes that can be classified as macroevolution.

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It is disputed among biologists whether there are macroevolutionary processes that are not described by strictly gradual phenotypic change, of the type studied by classical population genetics. Within the Modern Synthesis school of thought, microevolution is thought to be the only mode of evolution. This view is becoming less and less tenable as the role for genome-wide changes and developmental processes in evolution become clearer.



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Answer 7

Of course it is. The laws of nature have not stopped operating. Every species living today was non-existent a million years ago, and every species living today will be replaced by other species a million years from now. That's what has been happening steadily for a billion years or more. Why would it suddenly stop happening?

Answer 8

we are able to on no account substitute into monkeys, and monkeys will on no account substitute into us. This 'pokemon' evolution good judgment, as i like to call it, is a few distance off the mark on how certainly evolution happens. permit me attempt to describe. The extra time passes, the extra issues substitute. that's obvious sufficient; you have grown taller in view which you have been youthful, your face seems distinctive, etc. in case you have been by some potential sent lower back in time to relive your early existence, despite the fact that, do you think of you would be the comparable individual? of direction not. Armed with information of what's to come again, you're able to do issues in any different case. you may probable finally end up with a distinctive ideas-set, a distinctive variety, and have a distinctive set of stories. whether you tried to enhance as much as be precisely the comparable individual as you have been till now, you may on no account have the potential to attain it. The circumstances that lead you to alter into who you're, are unique. they'll on no account ensue lower back. that's the comparable for the human species. even although we could have as quickly as stepped forward from monkeys, the time and circumstances for our evolution has handed. different species comparable to our very own could desire to possibly get up, yet they'll by making use of definition be distinctive than the two us and monkeys with the aid of fact they got here into being under a distinctive set of factors. once you're thinking why there are not extra species that have been branched off/from our very own, there have been. a lot of them went extinct till now homo sapiens got here to visit, and there's a few good evidence that we assisted in killing of Homo neanderthalis. They have been, in spite of each and every thing, opposition.

Answer 9

Yes. It is written that we are constantly changing, but God never changes. The passage may refer to the fickle human heart, but it may also cover our physical attributes.

I don't think that there is anyone alive today that is qualified to say: "No, we are no longer evolving." because "Evolution" in its simplest meaning is the opposite of "Revolution" which denotes radical change. Evolution happens slowly, over the course of several lifetimes. Many several lifetimes.

Answer 10

Of course it is. That's why there's a constant search for new antibiotics. Strains of bacteria become resistent due to evolution.

Ditto for pesticides and bugs.

We're also seeing babies born HIV positive that manage to throw off the infection. Evolution in action.

Answer 11

Of course. Why do you think there are new strains of the flu every year requiring a new type of shot? Our bodies immunities build up and defend against the flu this year (evolve), then the flu evolves and gets smarter to infect us next year around. Everything is constantly changing and evolving.