Will humans evolve any further?
Kieran Olds from Bedfordshire (Age 5-14)
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Will humans evolve any further?
Posted on March 4, 2008 by Administrator
HI Young Scientist
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Yes !
Based on how people have gradually changed over the many years that have passed since records began ( for example in the height of the average human ) evolution is continuous. Changes in our teeth and bones and other parts continue to reflect this. The likely thing is that those who possess the most useful genetic factors will live longer and contribute more youngsters to the next generation. Those ‘most useful’ genetic factors will therefore be passed on to a greater proportion of the new generation who, in turn, will pass them on to an even bigger proportion of the following generation. In this way the benefits of evolution are retained in our population. We are not perfect and our tendency to make mistakes continues but evolution helps to provide us with the opportunity to do better.
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rockno3
yes the body is getting better stronger but what people want to know is that in two million years till the end of time will the human body will transform into a monkey or a monster that we see in t.v . No that will not happen the human body might get stronger and taller depending on your religion humans have been around for two thousand years but if not homo sapiens have been around for 2.5 million years and evolve to today’s modern human and the whole race thing will stay the same. People are from the same same race the human race but all true scientist have proven that whites,blacks.etc have different bone structures and diseases that are most common and only found in that race. for example dogs are all the same but they don’t look the same and there are thousands of kinds of dogs out there.