29 Jun 2012 01:18:24 Are we at the peak of human evolution? I mean in… · #1234

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29 Jun 2012 01:18:24
Are we at the peak of human evolution? I mean in nature evolution weeds out the less effective, the better suited survive and reproduce. This isnt the case for humans now though, quite the opposite most of the time, we tend to pair up and reproduce regardless of how fat/stupid/lazy, more often than not with people similar to ourselves. Its quite depressing that if anything, these genes are more common and getting reproduced more than the clever/athletic/ambitious types. Also we want to 'mother' people who are less able, and our ability to empaphise makes us less ruthless, it could be that the traits that makes us 'human' could be our downfall and prevent us from advancing. Would it be morally right/wrong to try and change this, it could lead to a better future for everyone but there would obviously be immediate struggles? Any thoughts, had this conversation a lot with friends recentley, im undecided

LIAM

29 Jun 2012 17:32

I would think evolution would mean exactly that and doesnt have a peak or it is no longer evolution. You only have to go to some really old places in this country, the type of places Americans come to see with real history like Stratford on Avon and the like, and when you see the oldest buildings there, notice how low/short the doors are in general. This tells me we are getting taller, in half a million years Im sure people will be generally 10 feet tall, so we are surely evolving into something different looking.

Matt_RFC

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30 Jun 2012 09:08

You're wrong, the difference in height is down to better diets etc, nature hasnt forced us to adapt to be taller, it would take a lot longer than a few generations to add a foot in height naturally. I dont see how everyone will be 10 foot tall naturally, it wont make us better suited for our current environment, and it would require a weeding out process of the shorter people. It is a lot more likley that we will get fatter and lazier. I think the only beneficial adaptations we can make now will be man made, steroid enduced or tweaked genes etc. We just dont need to evolve to suit our environment anymore because we can just make tools/solve problems logically

LIAM

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