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by Chezter is going to save the Redheads on March 28th, 2008
Some in the wrong direction
by Uncle Lizard on March 7th, 2008
i saw a discovery program about evelution.. they did a computer generation going from neandathal man to now on how we have evolved.. then on to about 20,000 yrs in the future and we going to look like the alien the greys it was funny..
by Tinkerbell on March 25th, 2008
It seems not only are we evolving it seems the process is accelerating
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071211-human-evolution.html
This surprised me when I heard about it to be fair.
by Veda on March 25th, 2008
It is impossible to not evolve. We are adaptations of our environment, and thus will react to the outside stimuli. It is definitely possible to "regress" if exposed to adverse conditions. We cannot see the changes because we live for only a short time; evolutionary change takes place over thousands of years~
by royal77 says hello friend on March 7th, 2008
Yes human and all nature continues to evolve.
by 23Skidoo on October 14th, 2008
Of course.
Why wouldn't we be?
+5
by Universe Of Life on June 14th, 2008
Evolution never stops ...
by alfugazi on August 1st, 2011
one look at the Jerry Springer show and I'd saw we are devolving...
by CheddarCatsKiss is Queen of Sexytown on September 10th, 2008
I would say so. I mean just look at the average size of Americans 100 to 200 years ago. 5'6 was TALL for a guy then. It may not be something we cam see, but we are still changing. (Not all for the better either, the way obesity is on the rise.)
by Squirrel Face on May 6th, 2008
My Dad was born without tonsils or an appendix....That's kind of evolution.
by Jen-Jen on March 7th, 2008
Those who don't evolve die and those who are alive are evolving just not at the same pace.
by Mr_Natural Abstractor of the Quintessence on September 13th, 2008
Yes. There is nothing in nature to prevent it. All living things continue to evolve.
http://www.livescience.com/health/060308_human_evolve.html
by VOD on May 6th, 2008
yes. with improved nutrition we are growing taller.
by Vampyre Bat on April 7th, 2008
Humans like all successful species continue to evolve and adapt to their world. When our world changes too fast for us to survive we die. Aside from that each new generation is a bit different than the one before.
by Stormarm on April 2nd, 2009
Evolution is not continuous. It starts and stops in relation to environmental changes -- and for human beings also social (mass psycho-sexual) pressures. The norm for any species is stasis, when the environment is in equilibrium.
Human intelligence and technology actually insulate us from environmental pressures to evovle biologically: we adapt by evolving institutionally, socially, and technologically instead.
But we are also social animals with an inate class-consciousness and desire for status -- because superior status translates to superior feeding and breeding rights, i.e., the preservation of ones own genes.
Human society being somewhat neurotic, it elevates certain traits that have no intrinsic superior survival value. Europeans and Asians accelerated their own "whiteness" - perhaps far in excess of what is actually beneficial in the wild - because fair skin indicated higher social status, and thus often was accorded higher social status with its benefits.
Now, with the age of political correctness and racial integration in the West, we're likely to see a trend in the opposite direction. I think in America we already are. East Asia, however, remains mired in the idea that fair-skinned people are superior to dark skinned people.
However, the broad availability of cosmetic surgery (and in Asia "skin whitening agents") allow people that don't have "the right genes" to alter their appearance to look like they do, and the subterfuge works. So once again, human technology and ingenuity is doing an end run around "sexuual selection" just as it has done an end run around "natural selection".
However, as was demonstrated in "The Bell Curve" a decade ago, the human race is splitting into two separate kinds in terms of intelligence. The removal of most barriers to social and geographic mobility has allowed the smart from all quarters and walks to meet and mate, while leaving the less smart languishing in their hometowns breeding with each other. The result: the smart are getting smarter and the dumb are getting dumber. Some have suggested that in time it may produce two different species as eventually members of each group will have such disdain for the other group, that nothing can induce them to mate with each other. But they forget the "Boys will be boys" factor - disdain for the other class makes cross-class rape and non-marital sexual escapades (victimizing the women, of course) even more likely. So in that one, nature has the last laugh.
by Pumby umby umpkin Est. 1989 on June 14th, 2008
Yes, there may be a gene mutation that arises and spreads from interbreeding that makes us stronger and different in some way, but not as drastic as in previous years, since we no longer need to survive harsh environments because we're not living outdoors all the time.
by Froggy on May 23rd, 2008
When the first person is born with a hole already in their tongue, then we will know for sure.
by philosopher-saint on May 6th, 2008
According to the band "Devo" in ~1977, we're DE-volving! ;-)
by -_You Can Leave Your Hat On....- on May 6th, 2008
we are evolving to be more and more disrespectful to each other and other living creatures
by Anonymous on March 26th, 2008
If we are still adapting then yes we are still evolving!
by JohnOBonno on March 7th, 2008
Apparently not. We seem to be simply revolving.
by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on August 1st, 2011
of course, evolution doesn't stop.
by Marky Mark on August 1st, 2011
Yes.
by Mr. Black on August 1st, 2011
Yes we are. Are you enjoying the ride?
by Friendly Stranger on August 1st, 2011
Humans never evolved.. and my reference is based on God's design of nature and humanity written throughout scripture.. To say that "humans are still evolving" is to suggest that humanity evolved in which it did not.
by philosopher-saint on July 29th, 2009
With the exception of neo-Nazis and the like.
;-)
by dumdum on January 22nd, 2009
I for one pray it is so.
by laser on January 22nd, 2009
No! There is such a process as Genetic modification, although naturally, Man develops what he has, including his brain.
by Esperanza on January 22nd, 2009
Evolution is a coninuous, never ending process.
by Prunesquallor on December 18th, 2008
Evolution is ongoing - but it doesn't happen, as some posters have suggested, over hundreds of years, but millions of years.
by Eamonmc on December 18th, 2008
If you look at pictures of people in the 1800's, you notice that people now are taller and far better looking, Darwin had it right.
by zander on December 12th, 2008
Do you think we'll ever evolve out of god?
by CaptainHarley adores his life penguin on October 14th, 2008
Most assuredly.
by Esteban-- Smartest Pumpkin on September 13th, 2008
I am, I hope you are.
by Anonymous on September 13th, 2008
No evolution is ridiculous& it's still a [theory]....hmmm I wonder why? !lmfao!
by sopapilla on June 11th, 2008
Surely, yes, but even more slowly. Because we have the capacity to make our surroundings adapt to us, rather than adapt to our surroundings, there are less changes that need to be made.
by MvL on May 6th, 2008
That's a tough scientific question. The problem is that, for humans in modern industrialized civilizations, there isn't much selective pressure any longer. Evolution proceeds through natural selection, a statistical process wherein those traits that are most likely to promote reproduction before death are going to be more likely to become commonplace in a population. In the modern world, with medicine, social welfare programs, and an abundance of food, even those with very low intelligence and high risks of developing serious medical conditions can mate, and they are often reproducing more offspring than their smarter, more successful fellow humans. Evolution can work both ways - it doesn't always lead to progress, it simply selects for traits that promote reproduction the most. In a state of a nature, this usually works to promote strength, fitness, and intelligence, but in a world where things come a lot easier, all that really is promoted is making babies, from an evolutionary perspective.
There is some genetic evidence suggesting that genetic changes in human populations are still going on, and so the raw material of evolution is still there - mutation, natural vaiation, and population interbreeding. These all help to keep us, at least, being strong stock.
That, of course, is only biological evolution. Of course, culturally, and technologically, we're evolving much, much more rapidly. It's very likely that our advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and computer science will shortly play in a role in our own physical evolution, as we start to modify ourselves, and increasingly merge with our technologies. At some point, we'll have more or less full control of the direction and speed of our evolution, and that's when things get really interesting. That is, unless we aren't careful, and we use our technologies in destructive ways.
by Rollie on May 6th, 2008
Man is evolving as he sits at his computer. God's will.
by HappyGoLucky on April 7th, 2008
Yes, anytime doing the nasty is involved people are evolving if they are reprodoucing.
by travel breeze on April 6th, 2008
here's an interesting idea: I was working at a high school when I was 18 and I noticed that all the younger girls had large breasts- I heard (didn't look into it) that the horimones that they put into milk are the reason. I have no knowledge of what horimones dairy companies really pump into milk or if the horimones could affect a human. If that is the truth. Humans would be evolving that direction. don't laugh at my answer; Its a legitimate thought.
by sal2112 on March 30th, 2008
Of course! Are humans perfect? I think not... therefore we must be evolving... Evolution never ends because there is so much genetic variation in the world.
by philosopher-saint on March 28th, 2008
Nope. Stopped in the late '60's! ;-)
by Simply Pengu on August 1st, 2011
lets put it this way.
if a specie stops evolving then it is extinct.
by Im Alec has abandoned this account on August 1st, 2011
Certainly. In fact, the evidence is that the rate of evolution has speeded up. Technology, cities, and population pressure are putting new pressures on humans.
by Whitehair on August 1st, 2011
Let's omit the word belief and I say: I hope so.............
by Seraphim Shinobi on August 1st, 2011
yes but slower and slower due to the advance in technology and medicine.
by Anonymous on August 1st, 2011
we've adapted to eating grain, but only recently. so yes, but it's slow going.
by BACzero on August 1st, 2011
No, the human gene pool is currently in a state of stagnation. In order for a species to evolve, there must be a situation in which a specific trait aids in survival, giving rise to more members of the species with that trait passing it along to their offspring. Man tends to cater to the weaker members of the species. A different color of skin, amount of hair, or even physical ability doesn't actually improve your chances for survival. Only when our abilities (or lack thereof) directly affect our ability to survive and reproduce, will humans begin to evolve again.
by starry111 on August 1st, 2011
i believe so, you have to keep adapting to the neverending changes in lifestyle and society.
by HEYTHERE on August 1st, 2011
Some people think humans are actually devolving.
What special issues are involved when applying the scientific method to a study of humans?
by anonymous7753 on September 20th, 2010
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by Jimmyp on March 29th, 2008
That'd be the one good thing he did for the world is settle that debate
by Chezter is going to save the Redheads on March 29th, 2008
Hopefully he is the last of his kind and will soon be extinct!
by Anonymous on September 19th, 2008
If only it were so...
by Jimmyp on September 19th, 2008
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by zander on December 12th, 2008