| TheLivingShadow said: Hey guys, so yesterday I was stealing knowledge from Wikipedia again, and I wondered, if homo sapiens sapiens (the species of humans we all are) have been around for ~250,000 years, it would not be too far-fetched to believe humans will evolve sometime soon. And if a human evolved to the "posthuman", when would you think he/she do it? Where do you think the evolution would take place first? (With science as advanced as it is today, it would be easy to trace back the beginning of the evolution, assuming it happened sometime in the future) Also, why do you think would the human evolve? Or, do you think humans have reached a stop on their evolution process? With humans pretty much "conquering" the planet, I can't see many reasons for an evolution from a survival point of view. Then again, the ones living in extreme conditions, such as the Poles, may be able to evolve over time, and if humanity starts spreading out to other planets, maybe the humans over there would gain new features to adapt better to the planet they're on. Discuss! |
Actually people in the poles have extra skin and have adapted to the condition in there environment. Look at the different skin color, thats another form of the skin adapting to over exposure and under exposure to the sun.
I think we will have the technology to evolve our selfs in the future as we see fit. We will most likely be man and machine or tamper with genes to grow back limbs and all sorts of stuff. So Yea I think in our lifetime you will see humans come close to immortality accept for freak accidents. Good article though. You can find a lot of this info on science channel and sciencechannel.com
