Is Evolution in "humans" still happening today? Or it went to vacations to other planets?

Question

So if the theory of evolution is right! We would see humans evolving in other things or creatures or whatever.

Therefore, the Theory of Evolution happened long time ago! Now it is dead.

I am talking about HUMANS O.K

I am NOT TALKING ABOUT ANIMALS OR BUGS LEAVE THAT ALONE O.

LAme answers!!

Simon T - i don't need to prove evidences this time! it's atheist's turn

PLEASE GIVE EXAMPLE BECAUSE THE EXAMPLES YOU'RE GIVING JUST SUCKS!!

haha

Answer 1

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!

ya, that's right, humans aren't giving birth to elephants, so that proves that evolution isn't real.

why not take a university course on evolution so you can get an understanding of what it really is, because apparently you're clueless on this subject

Answer 2

Well, first off, evolution happens very slowly. Evolution has very small changes happen over long periods of time. This is seen in humans. For example, humans are getting taller. This is a small change that has happened over the last several hundred years. The gene pool for humans has also changed and become more universal as population spread out with more ease.

Answer 3

Yes, humans are still evolving. Luckily, civilization has largely relieved evolutionary pressure on human physicality. We now adapt socially to a much larger degree than we adapt physically.

Nonetheless, here are my predictions (pulled directly out of my butt but based in science) for homo sapiens 10,000 years from now.

We will see the elimination or near elimination of many vestigial organs, notably wisdom teeth, the appendix, and body hair.

We will be 4-6 inches taller, on average. This has been a trend for a long time, and is likely to continue.

We will continue to get smarter and less violent. These are historical trends with very good evolutionary reasons to continue developing.

We will be more resistant to pathogens of all types. (Note that these pathogens are evolving along with us!)

Our affinity for fats and sugars will be much less acute. Our ancestors needed these desires to lead them to the types of food that provided the most energy. Now that we have an oversupply of food, this drive is the leading cause of early death.

Alcohol tolerance and lactose tolerance will become more prevalent. These are dominant traits that have only evolved in the past 10,000 years or so. As races continue to intermingle and the human population becomes more homogenous, these traits should become more general to the entire human species.

That's all I've got off the top of my head. Anyone who wants to tack onto this list should feel free to do so.

Answer 4

You are forgettiing that evolution usually happens at a very slow pace or, under extreme pressures to change they may evolve quite rapidly.

Evolution in animals, plants, microbes, humans, etc does not usually come from a handful of generations of genetic mutation. It CAN happen that way, but it's not usually the case becasue genes mutations tend to occur at a slow rate.

If you want examples, think about sports... 150 years ago, some scientists and physiologists 'proved' that no one would ever be able to break the 4-minute mile. They did it by studying the physiology of humans (leg length, stride, caloric intakes, etc) and showing that under the current situation, nobody could do it.

In fact, think about all of the world records in sports that are consistently topped by a new generation of athletes. As a species, we are constantly changing, albeit at a slow rate, and are able to improve ourselves physically over time.

Want another example? Look at the changes in the ability of Africans to digest milk. If you know something about other countries, you know that for the most part Europeans have a mich easier time digesting milk due to an enzyme they have that other populations in the world don't. Asians for the most part don;'t have this enzyme, so the overwhelming majority are lactose intolerant.

Africans started developing the enzyme that helps people digest milk only much more recently in human history, primarily from the fact that they began raising cattle much later in history. Not only that, DNA studies show that the enzyme in Africans evolved separately from the one in European populations which have a much longer history of raising cattle.

Another example? Sickle-cell anemia is a genetic anamoly to the malaria virus. People who lived in the area most affected by malaria in Africa eventually developed this mutation that, while creating other health effects in the people involved, did in fact prevent them from contracting malaria. The fact that sickle-cell anemia is mostly predominant in the same area as the malaria virus shows that it was a response to the virus.

There are tons of examples of evolution happening in humans to this day. It is far from dead.

Answer 5

You need examples of fast scale evolution... /sigh

If a virus (such as AIDS) ever became an airborne virus, because viruses STILL evolve :o, the only humans left would be the small percentage that are resistant or immune. A process of evolution...

BUT I have seen people born with an extended tail bone giving them a waging tail. There are genetic abnormalities that allow people to grow a massive amount of hair on their bodies... If these people were able to prosper while we all died evolution would take a very sharp turn.

and you thought you were so close to disproving evolution shucks darn it.

Answer 6

Technically humans are products of micro-evolution. meaning you are not going to 'see' the transformation in a generation, even several generations. However I think the skeletal remains of cavemen and neanderthals should prove quickly enough that our bodies have changed dramatically over the years.

Just because our physical form has evolved does not mean we were not created by God, it just means our form has changed since the creation. Think about this Noah lived to be 900 (approx) according to the Bible, and many other people in the Bible are reported to have lived hundreds of years. That is unheard of in this day and time - but does that mean the Bible lied or did our life-expectancy change?
If our life expectancy changed isn't it possible our bodies also changed some????

Answer 7

Evolution is about passing on genes beneficial to survival,and not passing on genes that are detrimental. With our intelligence,many once "fatal" genes can be fixed. There is no "survival value" in humans evolving now. If there is no environmental "stressor" there is no biological imperative to evolve.Please,spend a short 5 minutes attempting to learn what it is you don't want to believe. It would make your argument much more credible. Evolution isn't dead,a few of your brain cells are. This just another twist on the "why are there still monkeys?" which can only be asked by someone in abject ignorance of the theory that they don't want to believe,even if they don't know what the theory is. "why are there still monkeys?" Because being a monkey is perfectly fine in a forested environment. Learn what TOE is before you attempt(quite feebly) to knock it

Answer 8

Two things:
1) read a little about evolution, it is an extremely slow process
2) of course humans are still evolving here are few examples:
- wisdom teeth which go back to our more plant eating relatives of the past, the average jaw line has become smaller, causing a problem with wisdom teeth
- your appendix, again from our predominately plant eating past
- a somewhat more visible change, the overall height of average humans over the past 1,000 years has risen

Do some research, there are several others.

Answer 9

Well first of all, we won't see it happen as evolution takes place over millions of years.

Secondly, humans may be undergoing evolution or not. It's what is known as punctuated equilibrium. Rather than evolution being constant nothing might happen for a while or it might wander about a mean and then you may get sudden bursts of evolutionary change.

So humans might not be undergoing any significant change right now.

Answer 10

You're so small minded. Humans are but a blip on the evolutionary radar....we've only been around in our current stage for maybe 10000 years, on a cosmic scale that barely even registers. Of course we're still evolving...do you think it happens so fast that we can see it in a generation?? Consider this though, we're taller, larger, and more intelligent that 5000 years ago...how do you think that happens? Maybe in 100,000 years or so, a new species WILL evolve. However, because our technology now allows to to select out genetically mutated babies before they are born, it may be even longer than that. But make no mistake, we ARE evolving.

Answer 11

Yeah people are turning into real animals or at least they have the traits of them.

Seriously, if people came from evolution, why aren't things better in the world today than they were say 20 or 30 years ago? Because isn't that what evolution means - to move forward? All I see today is man becoming more and more reversed - i.e. mean and hateful.