Science has shown us beyond doubt, that there were other species that ruled the eath before we came, Evolution as we know it, started from a single celled organism to a multi celled,.... to bigger marine animals,.... to amphebious,... to land,... and then somewhere down the line dynosaurus walked the earth,... then they went extinct! extinction after extinction,... and now we are here, and find ourselves in a the midst of wars and global warming, .... and a population explosion like never before, (reference : An Inconvenient Truth (the movie)) the global warming, according to latest studies, might just end up being the worst ice age!!! so i ask this,.... Are humans the final product of Evolution??? or will Evolution cook up something better, a being who will look beyond religon, and race, and war for a piece of land??? comments??? M.
Human beings are definitely not the final products of evolution.There are things to come. We will not see them, but ..
Humans are losing genetic diversity due to our ability to travel so easily. We are still evolving, but we are likely standing at a point never seen in Earth's history. We are going to have the technology to change our own DNA. Therefore, any choices we make, like eliminating genes for disease risks, and choosing appearances, or intelligence qualities will represent significant evolution for us as a species. Even now sperm banks are selective, only accepting more intelligent donors and screening them for genetic diseases.
i agree, the human race throws a curve ball at the whole evolution thing. en extinction of the human race will be very difficult at this point because we have become very adaptive with our use of technology. Evolution isn't done with humans, we're becoming smarter and smarter. i see that humans are becoming less about pure brute strength and more about brain power.
Sorry, but I take issue with your claim that we are becoming smarter. Our technological advances come from an extreme minority of our gene pool. Smart people have fewer children than those with lower intelligence. (with exceptions) Our technological improvements allow our gene pool to suffer. Has anyone seen "Idiocracy" the movie? Our near-future evolution (gene therapy type stuff) will cost money. It will develop into a class of rich people who in fact ARE better than us in health, intelligence, looks, and longevity. Also, there will likely be implants which can supplement our brain's capabilities. Memory chips, possibly interfacing with computers directly, and chips containing knowledge like wikipedia in your brain. I read in Discover magazine that a derivative compound from red wine increases longevity of mice by 35%. After testing and trials we may have a drug available for humans in about 7-10 years. I have 2 baby daughters who may get to use this to extend their lives by 20 years. I was ecstatic to learn about this. (It would take 1000 glasses of wine to make 1 daily dose; it's not an excuse to drink) We are at the beginning right now. In a generation, it will be normal. Your grandkids will be super-human......if they can afford it. Here on DP, we can become wealthy enough to ensure that our families are in the Better class of people in 30 years. Their future depends on you. So get your rear in gear and get to work so you can afford it.
I think you're actually asking two questions there, one about social evolution and one about physical evolution. In both cases, yes, humans are the end point of evolution on this planet. Physically, we'll carry on evolving, - in maybe a hundred thousand years time we will have changed quite a bit and maybe classified into a new genus - i.e. homo something, but we will be human never the less. The same also applies to social evolution, we'll carry on evolving as a society - much more quickly than we naturally evolve physically - in a thousand years society will probably be unrecognisable but it will still be human. Our social evolution is also going to drive our physical evolution a lot more from now on. With the relatively recent advent of biotech and genetic manipulation we'll probably see that our physical evolution is considerably sped up. Some, mostly religious groups, will argue that this isn't natural and shouldn't be allowed - but consider, it's been our own natural evolution which has led us up to this point, and our own ingenuity which drives this genetic manipulation as a response to internal and external factors - fair enough we're using technology to do it but it's still driven by us and our most successful evolutionary trait - intelligence There won't be the chance for anything else to evolve - all of pre-history's dominant species didn't have the ability to really alter their surroundings. Humans do this on a vast scale and as we alter the planet to suit our needs we automatically exclude the evolutionary paths of other animals, thereby precluding any other sentient intelligences to arise.