do Atheists believe that humans are still evolving?

Question

can you give an example please?

Answer 1

No we are not. We are not subject to the environmental pressures for survival that result in evolution. For evolution to occur among a population, there must be some environmental threat that causes the majority of that population to perish. Those that remain will have some characteristic that enables them to overcome whatever it was that killed the majority. That characteristic will be concentrated in that population and in future generations. That would be when evolution occurred. Until you see great numbers of humans dying from some external hazard, we're staying as we are. It's the same reason that even though we're evolved from (a common ancestor of) apes, there are still apes. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Yes, humans are still evolving. The best example seen in current times is the trend for humanity to have a slightly better IQ and resistance to disease. Evolution sometimes takes thousands of years, so don't expect us to be becoming a new species.

Answer 3

One guy said there needs to be a "threat" in order to evolve. This guy has no clue what evolution truly means.
The gist is that it's change over time. Threat or not, selection and good/bad pressures can cause change of all sorts.
Humans will continue to evolve. We're at the beginning stages of determining our own genetic composition. We'll have designer babies. In the future, we will meet technology at a point where the two are inseparable. There are a few million dollar cyborgs currently. This is change, this is evolution. Sorry.

Answer 4

Evolution tends to occur when a species is stressed. As human beings are surviving so well these days - we're probably not evolving much. No survival of the fittest, and our poor and downtrodden tend to procreate more than our brilliant and educated elite. So- perhaps we're evolving- but not necessarily in a positive way.

25% of women who give birth have cesarean sections. Most of us have our wisdom teeth removed. We have all kinds of vaccines and drugs to allow us to survive. So- are we evolving- sure. But we're currently evolving to be a less capable and sturdy species. Probably evolving to lower intelligence as well.

The next major evolution of humans will probably come from a nasty virus. (SARS? Bird Flu?) It may kill a large % of the population of the planet- but those who survive will have a natural immune system defense against it. Who knows- we may (unfortunately) find out that a small percent of our population is resistent to nuclear radiation- and they may represent the future of humanity.

er... yes. I'm an atheist.

Answer 5

Ok, Ok. By the way you asked that question you are not an anthiest. And, it may be a set up question, so that you will have a snappy come back answer if they say yes.

Well, then, lets look at from a Christian perspective. God did not simply create us like cookies from a cooky cutter.

He created each of us, and each entity on Earth with the ability to adjust to our circumstances.

I imagine in your life you have adjusted to many things.

Now what some folks call evolution is simply a story line of things including people making adjustments.

Here is an excerpt from my book: "God's Ancestors; Unabridged"

"Every entity is in a state of flux; moving, reacting, adjusting, and changing. The amount of change is, of course, dependent on its ambient environment, outside stimuli, and its basic (foundational) characteristics."

The Scientists call this "evolution".
The Creationists call it (by) "intelligent design".

Answer 6

Evolution cannot stop. We are still evolving. The average size of the appendix is getting smaller with each generation. I forget the name of it, but there is a muscle in the leg that is no longer used by our bipedal movement -- and over a third of people on the planet no longer are born with this muscle even though the attachment points on the bone remain. If one compares the brainpan from even as recent as ancient egypt to modern brainpans, the brain has steadily been growing more wrinkled and slightly larger in size.

Notice that bit about the appendix and the leg muscle? We're talking about the gradual, but COMPLETE, elimination of major body parts.

Answer 7

I can't speak for all atheists, but it makes sense that all living things are evolving. I have met atheists who do not believe in evolution. To say that all atheists believe in evolution is your impression of them and not the truth. If you want to find any information on evolution you can just look on the Internet.

Answer 8

As an atheist, I believe X-Men will become a real life story.

actually, I doubt most atheists believe much of anything. I think they trust science, and if science claims evolving humans, than I would think atheists do as well.

Answer 9

Yes. Humans are still evolving. There is no final point. There is just a gradual transition as DNA is exchanged and certain genes are favored over others.

Here is an article that our brains continue to evolve.

As far as height changes, humans have varied in height throughout history and nutritional factors might be more causitive than genetic factors. There are Roman soldiers that were tall and medieval peasants that were short.

Longevity is also more related to nutrition and medical care. There are humans who live to be 30 and those that live over 100.

Answer 10

Yes it just takes a really long time so you can't see it. But we are getting taller. Go look at beds even from the 1600s, we wouldn't fit.

I can give you lots of things that humans have that are left over. You have inner eyelids that aren't functional, and appendix that used to digest cellulose and four bones at the bottom of your spinal column that used to be a tail. Here are more if you want: http://www.gennet.org/facts/metro07.html

Answer 11

We know (by Scientific analysis) that there is at least a basal evolution going on in the Human species, due to competition with viremia (IE. HIV strains and human HIV Immunity in small percentages of populations).

As for a stronger pace of Evolution (IE. More active adaption, leading to speciation); that may or may not be occuring.