(December 9, 2010 at 1:10 pm)16three-john Wrote: So I made a thread on morality, and a reply concerning evolution really got me thinking...If evolution got us humans where we are today, why didn't all animals keep evolving until they're humans?
Evolution has no goals, it's change over time driven by selection pressures. Humans aren't more evolved than any other species currently alive.
Quote: Also, why are humans the last stop on the evolutionary train?
There is no last stop, the existence of homo sapiens through evolution is arbitrary.
We are still evolving, for one thing we're on average taller and (genetically)skinnier the closer you live towards the equator, that has advantages in keeping a lower body temp.
Quote: Why haven't humans evolved into 10 armed 3 headed super-humans?
Evolution doesn't work like that.
Quote: I just think that with so much body-enhancing things around today, that nature would have thought of it first, instead of its product (humans).
Nature doesn't think.
Quote: Again, no twisting of answers or preaching is gonna come from me, promise
I'll take your word for it, but frankly it makes no difference. If your understanding of evolution is really that poor you're simply incapable of twisting answers enough to stump someone.
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