Can you see that we evolved from primates?

[Laurens]

Chairman Meow?

 

[MillionSword]

yes but when the environment changes thats when we change also to adapt to new conditions.

instead of needing to adapt to the environment, we modern humans adapt the environment to suit us.

 

[ranchodeluxe]

Birds are still dino's, it's just not much use referring to them as such. You'd presumably class a bird as an animal, right?

you see even though we know the dinos are in the birds ancestry, no one classifies birds as dinos. they are now Aves or Avifauna.

 

[ranchodeluxe]

yes but when the environment changes thats when we change also to adapt to new conditions.

instead of needing to adapt to the environment, we modern humans adapt the environment to suit us.

the question here is can those adaptations change modern man from the primate family into a new family that does not yet exist but may exist in the future.

 

[MillionSword]

the question here is can those adaptations change modern man from the primate family into a new family that does not yet exist but may exist in the future.

Well I already said I think not. If we're changing the environment to suit us the way we are now, why would we change that much at all?

 

[ranchodeluxe]

I don't think humans will change too much in the future. Back when we first developed into the Homo Sapiens we are today, only the fittest could tolerate the harsh elements and produce offspring. We're far too domesticated now and instead of needing to adapt to the environment, we modern humans adapt the environment to suit us.

there are some species that have not changed much for billions of years. we are not one of them.

 

[MillionSword]

I don't think you're getting what I'm saying. Making sturdy structures for shelter, transportation, world trade enabling us to get food/water to anywhere on the planet. These are all recent things in evolutionary terms and have a huge impact on how natural selection affects us.

 

[Squawk]

Human morphology is unlikely to alter unless some event nearly wipes out the species.

With a population of X billion and a generation time measured in decades, coupled with the access to medical resources that will be commonplace globabally within the next couple of centuries, and human evolution is essentially stalled out. What we will acquire, however, is huge genetic diversity within the species, which, coupled with a possible future selection pressure, could well mean that humans are extremely well able to survive a catastrophic event.

 

[ranchodeluxe]

thats cute how you guys think mankind has stopped evolving.

mankind already appears to be undergoing some changes in his appearance due to processed foods in his diet and its only been about 150 years since the origin of species was published.

 

[quantumfireball2099]

thats cute how you guys think mankind has stopped evolving.

I'm pretty sure no one thinks anything just 'stops' evolving. I think you are missing their points... which I must say, is pretty amazing.

 

[ranchodeluxe]

thats cute how you guys think mankind has stopped evolving.

I'm pretty sure no one thinks anything just 'stops' evolving. I think you are missing their points... which I must say, is pretty amazing.

i understand but i dont agree

 

[ranchodeluxe]

i guess this is where we will have to agree to disagree.

 

[australopithecus]

thats cute how you guys think mankind has stopped evolving.

No one has said we've stopped evolving. What has been said is that environmental pressures aren't as influential because we have the technology to work around them.

 

[ranchodeluxe]

thats cute how you guys think mankind has stopped evolving.

I'm pretty sure no one thinks anything just 'stops' evolving. I think you are missing their points... which I must say, is pretty amazing.

you havent contributed anything to the thread other than defending others view and then insulting me so i must say im thinking you are a pretty amazing brown noser at this point fella. :lol:

 

[australopithecus]

I must say I'm thinking you better keep this civil because it would it be the best thing to do.

 

[ranchodeluxe]

thats cute how you guys think mankind has stopped evolving.

No one has said we've stopped evolving. What has been said is that environmental pressures aren't as influential because we have the technology to work around them.

yes technological advancements may slow down human evolution but human evolution will not stop.

 

[australopithecus]

yes technological advancements may slow down human evolution but human evolution will not stop.

No one said it would.

 

[Irokesengranate]

you see even though we know the dinos are in the birds ancestry, no one classifies birds as dinos. they are now Aves or Avifauna.

I do. I often call bird dinosaurs, because that's what they are.

 

[ranchodeluxe]

rather that slowing mans evolution i believe technological advancements may be the catalyst for changes in mans evolution.

 

[australopithecus]

rather that slowing mans evolution i believe technological advancements may be the catalyst for changes in mans evolution.

Based on what evidence?