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What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 3:04 pm
We're the only species in the Homo genus. Is it possible this could change? Have we shown signs of continuing evolution or have we reached a plateau?
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RE: What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 3:10 pm
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RE: What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 3:16 pm
I have heard a hypothesis about our continual evolution lately. The prevalence of people on the autism scale is increasing, supposedly because of the increase in information we are required to juggle in our daily lives. People who are able to handle large amounts of information perform better at the tasks we're required to accomplish in most developed countries. The downside is that this sacrifices less important brain functions, which leads in the direction of things like autism.
I have no idea how true this is, but it's something to look into. I'll admit that I'm not personally interested enough to do any more research into the idea.
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RE: What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 3:26 pm
(February 22, 2017 at 3:04 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: We're the only species in the Homo genus. Is it possible this could change? Have we shown signs of continuing evolution or have we reached a plateau?
No, we're still evolving.
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What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 3:51 pm
I think people will evolve back into monkeys in a few thousand years.
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RE: What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 3:51 pm
There are no steps in evolution. That being said, we'll Crispr us to planet Cas 9 before we can evolve...
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RE: What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 3:55 pm
(February 22, 2017 at 3:04 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: We're the only species in the Homo genus. Is it possible this could change? Have we shown signs of continuing evolution or have we reached a plateau?
Actually our brains have been shrinking since the stone age.
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/sep/25-...-shrinking
Quote:numbers: Over the past 20,000 years, the average volume of the human male brain has decreased from 1,500 cubic centimeters to 1,350 cc, losing a chunk the size of a tennis ball. The female brain has shrunk by about the same proportion. “I’d call that major downsizing in an evolutionary eyeblink,” he says. “This happened in China, Europe, Africa—everywhere we look.” If our brain keeps dwindling at that rate over the next 20,000 years, it will start to approach the size of that found in Homo erectus, a relative that lived half a million years ago and had a brain volume of only 1,100
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RE: What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 3:56 pm
(February 22, 2017 at 3:51 pm)KUSA Wrote: I think people will evolve back into monkeys in a few thousand years.
But humanity will die out if we all become Republicans!
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RE: What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 4:16 pm
We're the only homo species still alive (that we know of).
With tech we may be in control of our next evolutionary step. Wonder if we will recognize it? Probably not if step is extinction.
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RE: What's the Next Step in Evolution for Homo Sapiens?
February 22, 2017 at 4:26 pm
(February 22, 2017 at 4:16 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: We're the only homo species still alive (that we know of).
With tech we may be in control of our next evolutionary step. Wonder if we will recognize it? Probably not if step is extinction.
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So, you'll be wanting more hands, too...
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