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2007-11-14 19:48:57 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science Anthropology

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no but i believe humans can get better.

2007-11-14 19:56:28 · answer #1 · answered by schtick.trogs 4 · 0 0

A human cannot evolve. It's a population that evolves, not an individual.

The definition of evolution is a change in gentic frequency over time within a population. Given this (the one and only definition of evolution) yes, human populations evolve. All you need is for one person to fly from Amsterdamn to America to change the genetics of the population, or for one person to die.

This is not the answer your looking for, but it will be the most truthful and accurate answer you can get.

2007-11-15 11:04:20 · answer #2 · answered by tiger b 5 · 0 0

Well over time, yes. [Assuming you're non-religious] We evolved from chimpanzees, so surely humans can continue to evolve. In what ways I'm not sure, but it's all to do with slight mutations in the gene pool over time. However it would take maybe millions of years to see noticable changes.
At the same time, though, the human race is weakening. It is no longer survival of the fittest or sexiest. Fittest being the key problem here - those diseased are cured and continue to breed, passing on "faulty" genes, whereas without medicine they would die and the strongest would be left to breed.
Don't know how much help I've been. That's as much as a 14 year old can give :-)

2007-11-15 03:56:20 · answer #3 · answered by Squidgie 2 · 1 1

With our current population size and culture, I would say, no, not naturally.

In the context you are using the word "evolve" you mean to say, will humans rapidly shift from one species into another? In order for a species to do that, it needs to meet certain conditions; it needs to contain a relatively small number of individuals, but still be large enough to have a robust genetic stock; it needs to be isolated from other groups of the species; and it needs to have a reason to significantly adapt. Given that at present there are over 6 billion humans on Earth, and that there is no real way to isolate any groups, I don't see much adaptation occuring any time soon.

Of course, it will be possible for humanity to take control of its own evolution using technology in the near future. Genetic engineering and gene therapy could very easily create very rapid, significant mutations to the human genome, and could, over time, lead to the evolution of a new species.

Another possibility is that instead of civilization advancing to the point needed to create evolution, it could regress to cause it. Say civilization collapses, the population implodes, and humans end up back where they started, as small tribes of hunter gatherers scattered over the planet. If this were to occur, natural selection would once again rule over the species, and over thousands of years, the species would be altered significantly.

2007-11-16 04:06:12 · answer #4 · answered by numbnuts 3 · 0 0

I believe so.If humans could not evolve then that means tha this is the best we will ever be.If we didn't evolve then i guess the future generations wont be suited to live in whatever environment they will have in the future assuming that it is any worse than what we have now

2007-11-16 23:52:45 · answer #5 · answered by upside 4 · 0 0

Yes. we are always evolving. Evolution however, cannot generally be judged or observed within the course of a single generation.

2007-11-16 16:43:00 · answer #6 · answered by xooxcable 5 · 0 0

Yes we can evolve further. Our genes are mutating ever so slightly every generation.
One day we will see (thousands of years) super humans.

2007-11-15 11:07:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Right now, no need to think so, unless one feels one's parents are monkeys or someones of that tribe.

2007-11-15 12:06:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

thye will become power megazords eating dinosaur on breakfast so we will be albe to fight againg s Marssian Invasion !!!!

2007-11-15 05:09:32 · answer #9 · answered by ケチャッパー 4 · 0 0

yes, by means of enhancement

2007-11-15 03:56:08 · answer #10 · answered by Nick name 2 · 0 0

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