People are being born without wisdom teeth, and theur smalls are slightly smaller.
What will the next change be?
2007-08-09 04:32:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I was thinking body hair too.
2007-08-09 04:39:04 · update #1
oops, jaws. I type fast.
2007-08-09 04:41:19 · update #2
I was going to mention wisdom teeth! I heard (on here) the other day that eventually there will be no more natural blondes....but that seems insane to me.
2007-08-09 07:19:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you've fallen for the common misconception that evolution follows a hierarchy of objectively "better" species. That's not the way evolution works. There may be no "next stage", or there may be many more "stages". But nothing is pre-determined. Another person here made the argument that humans aren't really pressured by natural selection, since we can change our environment and procreation abilities. However, I wouldn't go so far as to say that this means human evolution has "stopped". It just means we're less susceptible to pressure from natural selection. Natural selection isn't the only thing that drives evolution. We're still going to see effects from genetic drift and mutation. We've already seen a big mixing of genes over the last 200 years as travel has become better and cheaper and different human populations aren't so isolated.
2016-05-17 22:50:42 · answer #2 · answered by francesca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess would be loss of body hair (The fact that I was nearly bald by 21 has nothing to do with this guess!)
The comment about UV radiation was valid too. We may find trending toward darker and darker skin.
2007-08-09 07:18:02 · answer #3 · answered by Clint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably in our eyes. There is greater UV radiation reaching the earth than ever before and this puts an ever greater strain on our eyes and may eventually lead to blindness. In order to cope our eyes may start evolving.
2007-08-09 04:40:49 · answer #4 · answered by defenserocks28 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No body hair.
A 3rd gender.
I don't have wisdom teeth. I only have 28 teeth, now that I think about it.....
2007-08-09 04:47:51 · answer #5 · answered by This Is Radio Clash 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think Hair is becoming obselete. We no longer require it.
2007-08-09 04:37:26 · answer #6 · answered by billgoats79 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
men wont have nipples.
and the appendix will be gone. we dont use that.
2007-08-09 05:21:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋