Real Evolution

[Peace]

What evolutionary traits do you think humans would have, if we were to evolve?

[Wannabe]

This would probably be better placed in a community forum.

But I think people will lose all hair.

[Faded]

I'd want humans to have telekinesis or telepathy. I think it'd be cool to be able to know people for how they are on the inside as well as the outside. I see the human mind evolving before anything else to lead to these mental capabilities.

[Doom Hammer]

Opposable thumbs! I've been waiting for those babies to grow in for years...

[Peace]

Thankyou for the replies. I feel, yes, hair will be lost especially with global warming. I think the mind is already capable of "feeling out things". Not exactly telepathy. But have you ever known someones name without talking to them. I have and do it all the time. It freaks out my friend. :confused:

[Beast]

Blue fur, fangs & claws, and a pentient for Speedos. :D

[Doom Hammer]

...and a pentient for Speedos. :D

Dude I am SO the next step in human evolution! High five, with my opposable thumbs!

[Beast]

Dude I am SO the next step in human evolution! High five, with my opposable thumbs!
On our prehensile feet? *Hi-Fives!*

[ibrakeforchinwe]

Things like telepathy, superstrength and ability to breath underwater.

[Jake V]

I hope we'll eventually lose pinky toes. Those things are completely useless.

[Doom Hammer]

I hope we'll eventually lose pinky toes. Those things are completely useless.

They're like the appendix: they do nothing but hurt you! I know this, because I just had mine cut out of me.

Damn appendices. That's how I want us to evolve: no more appendices.

[Doom Hammer]

On our prehensile feet? *Hi-Fives!*

Huh, they looked more like paws to me, but whatev. *Hi-five, son!* :D

[R Krippler]

Healing factors. After all of my operations, I would heal 2 1/2 to 3 months earlier than expected. So I expect my children to be even faster.

[twilight]

Rainbow coloured eyelids.

[xakko]

They're like the appendix: they do nothing but hurt you! I know this, because I just had mine cut out of me.

Damn appendices. That's how I want us to evolve: no more appendices.
but how will we easily find information in a book?

sometimes I wonder if we are still evolving (Eric Idle flashback- "Is mankind evolving, or is it too late?"). the darwinian pressures aren't very strong, at least in so-called first world countries. perhaps immune systems will get stronger in places still in abject poverty.

i do find it interesting that puberty seems to be occurring earlier, but around here, childhood has been extended.

[Zombienorthstar]

Well humans are already getting taller...teenagers today are on avergae much taller to those in the 1940s

HOWEVER

Ultimatley humans are going to stop evolving now. evoloution occurs when a species needs something to keep surviving...however now we have got to the stgae that we are concious of oru own exsistence and as such we change our enviroment to suit our needs rather than the other way round...hence no evolution for humans.

[Peace]

Things like telepathy, superstrength and ability to breath underwater.

How do you figure?

[Dizzy D]

Well humans are already getting taller...teenagers today are on avergae much taller to those in the 1940s

That more has to do with healthy nutrition and a more varied diet these days.

HOWEVER

Ultimatley humans are going to stop evolving now. evoloution occurs when a species needs something to keep surviving...however now we have got to the stgae that we are concious of oru own exsistence and as such we change our enviroment to suit our needs rather than the other way round...hence no evolution for humans.

And I agree that there isn't much evolution going on for humans, there is really not that strong a selection on certain, specific traits. Less body hair and bigger brains seem to be the safe bets.

[HellFrost]

Healing factors. After all of my operations, I would heal 2 1/2 to 3 months earlier than expected. So I expect my children to be even faster.
I agree with this. I get cuts and bruises all the time and they heal within a day if not a few hours. I'd also say resistance to pain. I'm not very susceptable(wow... so mangled that word...) to pain. I've been in plenty of fist fights and have been thrown on the floor and punched and kicked and I've just shrugged it off. It's not like I've felt it later on either.

I also think that most senses will become enhanced over time. And yes I also feel that the human mind already has the ability to reach out.

And NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT THE HAIR!!!!!!!!!!??????!?!?!?!?!?! I'll kill myself first.......................................

[PrimalScream]

probably become smaller and smarter.

[xakko]

I'm a little confused about the whole thing about losing our hair- which is generally accepted. Last I checked, "baldness" is not generally considered attractive in our culture- at least based on the amount of minoxidil/hair club for men late night commercials. Now, based on my rather incomplete memory of Darwinian theory, wouldn't that indicate that bald men would have to have some other attractive trait that would help them "pass on" that gene?

Granted, baldness is generally revealed after a couple has already reproduced, but still...

[Summoner]

But it's something (the hair) not needed.

[Tommy]

Humans are immune from evolution. Where we are now, is where we will stay for as long as technology exists.

[xakko]

But it's something (the hair) not needed.
that's not my point.

the genes that code for hair are still being passed along, because it is still an "attractive trait". from a Darwinian standpoint, until such time as baldness (or another trait linked to it) has an evolutionary advantage, there is no pressure to encourage or discourage it.

[Tommy]

that's not my point.

the genes that code for hair are still being passed along, because it is still an "attractive trait". from a Darwinian standpoint, until such time as baldness (or another trait linked to it) has an evolutionary advantage, there is no pressure to encourage or discourage it.
Body hair is decreasing (in some races totally gone), but I agree that hair on the head is considered "desirable" and thus it is not going anywhere.

[PerfectBrak]

I'd expect appendixes and wisdom teeth to eventually disappear.

[HellFrost]

Body hair is decreasing
...I'm Italian and Spanish... I think it's safe to assume I'm immune to that... unfortunately

[Tommy]

...I'm Italian and Spanish... I think it's safe to assume I'm immune to that... unfortunately
Well like I said before... we are immune from evolution (for the most part).

The only way humans (Well western European/American and East Asian) evolve any more is due to our own stupidity removing us from the gene pool. Which is not going to put even a large enough dent into the human population to foster evolution.

[Citizen V]

Well..these are things that might happen.Humans have gotten use to sitting down,i can imagine some day if the obesity crisis does not end.We will slowly loose the use for legs.

Yes,telepithy is something that might happen.Perhaps within a few generations,as to what kind of abilities might come out of this..i do not know.There are too many theories to say.

[Dizzy D]

Well..these are things that might happen.Humans have gotten use to sitting down,i can imagine some day if the obesity crisis does not end.We will slowly loose the use for legs.

Yes,telepithy is something that might happen.Perhaps within a few generations,as to what kind of abilities might come out of this..i do not know.There are too many theories to say.

I doubt telepathy will develop. It would mean that we would develop a complete new sense out of nowhere to do something which is currently impossible for every technology and living being that we have. If anything sense that we already have will be less acute at birth, because many of them can be compensated with technology during life; bad eyesight may mean starvation for a predator, for a human it just means extra costs for glasses, lenses or laser surgery.

A more advanced social empathy may develop though, but I don't think that has so much to do with genetics as with environmental stimuli. *if* it suddenly would develop, then yeah, it would be a definite advantage.

[Homosuperior]

I'd say more "sensitives" will be the next generation so to speak. As in feeling spirits, others emotions, etc. ;)

[Victor]

Go back a few posts. Since my degrees are in Genetics and Microbiology I'll come out and agree that the four main pathways of evolution are gone. We no longer have a small enough community to spur evolution. Unless you take the amish who will eventully have problems with bottle-neck.

Also evolution only happens when a trait is so advantages that the bearer spreads the gene on. Again out gene pool is so huge now that even if by some rare case a man was born with wings he would have to have sex 24/7 with different women to even make a dent in our billions of people. This also means we wont lose our pinkie toes because it's very rare that I hear "My god, you don't have any pinkie toes, lets make babies!"

However since trailer trash seems to have far more children than the educated population. There is a chance that.....