Is it just more or does anyone else thing evolution is done with? Just think about it evolution was here to make it where we (and other things) can better adapt to their surrounding. But now we have no use to evolve and neither does many animals and other things out there. I thought about this when I read http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AruyXMoQNh.v2Zztac5U6zfd7BR.?qid=20070228075207AA1w2gJ
I mean why would any animal really need to evolve anymore? We now take care of them put them in Zoos clean them save their forests...etc. We are now taking care of them. And now we are making technology to take care of us. So if you think about it evolution now has no play to go. We have stunted our growth as humans and can really no longer evolve.
2007-02-28 02:58:39 · 14 answers · asked by deathfromace 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Top should say "Is it just me"
2007-02-28 03:02:09 · update #1
cool321st... I do agree with you but that is if and when we go to another planet. I personally think we our stunting (sorry I gave the impression that evolution was on hold..should of worded title and such a little better) our own evolution. While we may evolve over time it is going to be a lot slower now that we have many things to do everything for us. We are never really challenged anymore. If we need to get something done we have machines do it. While I am all for technology I really think it is messing with where we could be..evolution wise.
2007-02-28 03:14:57 · update #2
It's a process that takes 10s of thousands to millions of years. It's also contingent on the conditions in which life lives, these conditions are not stagnate. It's also continous, the small changes that constitute evolution are not readily apparent over short periods of time but they are happenning. So overall I'll just say I disgree with your assertion completely.
2007-02-28 03:04:40 · answer #1 · answered by hot carl sagan: ninja for hire 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, ok, yet it truly is no longer how evolution or organic decision artwork. that is extra like if a huge lion associates with yet another tremendous lion, the ensuing cub can be tremendous. If being tremendous is helpful to lions, then they are going to seem to length as a determining component for mating, so the smaller lions may have their genes unfold a lot less and the better lions may have their genes unfold extra, and therefore by the years, lions progressively develop in length (and that i used both by the years and progressively that could also help you keep in mind that that is no longer an on the spot procedure). by the way, hybrid animals and plants are an man made construct. you received't see wild ligers or mules.
2016-10-17 09:29:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no - evolution is not something which can be put on hold - unless we stop having babies - so assuming we don't all die out in the next 10'000 years we will look and think a lot different - also if we start moving to other planets (such as mars) then the gravity will also greatly effect us - with in a few generations a martians will be a lot thinner and taller than we are on earth - and our bodies will have to adapt / evolve to cope with the new conditions
2007-02-28 03:11:05 · answer #3 · answered by cool321steve 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It has never been a case of needing to evolve. We evolve because radiation alters our DNA, and the people with the best suited DNA for the current conditions succeed more than the people with the less useful DNA. This is known as natural selection.
It could be said that civilisation may have hampered this process considerably, by allowing less suited DNA to remain in the gene pool and breed. There is now a much higher proportion of lesser DNA than there ever was.
On the other hand, it may be that civilisation's tolerance of 'lesser' DNA is a good thing, as a 2nd generation drift could yield more diverse and potentially better results than a 1st generation drift.
2007-02-28 03:02:46 · answer #4 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm in agreement with Hot Carl.
We will NEVER SEE evolution, in that it takes 10's of thousands of years. It can only be seen over the course history, or through the science of anthropology.
2007-02-28 03:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by bpgveg14 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When survival is easy, evolutionary pressure is low. How long will it be until the world can't support more humans and they have to compete with each other for survival? Plagues and wars may delay this, and intelligence, technology and the will to use them may even prevent that day. Still, until everyone's children have the same chance of having children who have children, we are still evolving.
2007-02-28 03:08:27 · answer #6 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Evolution is not only about adapting to the environment, it also involves genetic drift. Nonetheless, human beings and all animals continue to evolve. Bacteria are constantly adapting through mutation.
So, evolution continues.
2007-02-28 03:03:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, evolution is not "done with". Evolution continues. Humans are only a blip in time. After we destroy ourselves, other species will take over and take our places at the "top" of the animal world.
2007-02-28 03:06:20 · answer #8 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We have plenty of examples of continued adaptation of species, incuding in humans, thogh the flat-earthers give us reason to think evolution halted or even devolution has begun.
2007-02-28 03:04:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
there is plenty more room for us to evolve, we have a lot now more than we need so now its time to get rid of what we don't need, Phil of the future has no pinky toe, it could happen (-:
2007-02-28 03:06:13 · answer #10 · answered by know-it-all? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋