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2007-01-29 06:04:19 · 6 answers · asked by moorathebest 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

6 answers

Here we go with the correct but still unpopular answer.

In order for evolution to proceed you need genetic variation that is acted upon by natural selection. Natural selection dictates that less fit individuals will reproduce less (or not at all) than more fit individuals. Without natural selection THERE IS NO EVOLUTION.

So, if you look at human beings, we've had the technology for centuries to assure that all humans (or at least a random sampling) reach adult reproductive age, regardless of fitness (those 6 billion people out there must be proof of that). Hence there is no natural selection in human populations, hence there is no evolution in human populations.

Human technologies may evolve, but humans as a species have stopped undergoing biological evolution long ago. And no, it's not going on at a slow rate, and no, evolution does not happen continuously.

Unless something drastic happens you are already looking at the end product of human evolution.

2007-01-29 07:16:36 · answer #1 · answered by floundering penguins 5 · 0 0

We're still evolving. Humans are getting taller and women are developing larger breasts at a younger age. However, evolution can only occur through natural selection, and humans select other humans very differently than other organisms, so we may see no further change. We might just see us getting closer and closer to looking alike.

2007-01-29 14:11:12 · answer #2 · answered by speedywest16 3 · 0 1

There is no such thing as evolution. My joke: "Darwin's idea that WE evolved frm monkeys, you know the rubbish about nethadnral man blah blah blah, is just his explanation to why some people like bananas so much. He observed that this idea would make him ver, very very famous. Every brit's dream"

2007-01-29 15:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by lemon drops 3 · 0 0

You're labouring under the assumption we evolved to begin with. Prove it.

2007-01-29 14:21:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Yes, we will evolve for better or for worse....whatever it takes to survive.

2007-01-29 14:09:23 · answer #5 · answered by michelle 5 · 0 1

Yes, we survival because we protected the Terra with people deseases.

2007-01-29 14:17:58 · answer #6 · answered by florina 1 · 0 0

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