which body part will humans lose to evolution?
337000
Well, whatever it is, I sure hope that nature sees fit to move the female clitoris down another 1/4 inch.
882735
till curiousity dies or human race is extinct
560377
I believe that we will keep evolving. Because humans are now on the verge of controlling their DNA, probably we could soon direct our own evolution instead of letting nature do it by natural selection. Also, there is a great possibility that humans may merge with synthetic materials , machines, and artificial intelligence, to create a Homo Roboticus, or cyborg.
227689
Well if everyone was openminded and there was a complete mix of genes the way I understood my biology classes, yes recessive genes would slowly dissappear.\n\nBut, humans being the spiteful, bickering, narrowminded creatures they are, there will always be idiots trying to stick to their perverse ideals of racial purity.\n\nStill I don't believe this one appearance would be permanent. There are reasons why humans in different areas look different. And for the same reasons why wwe started with different pigmentations we'll eventually again end up with different skin colour. You cant really stop evolution.
754647
From an evolutionary aspect, if there were ever people who got dizzy from this constant motion, they would have had a more difficult time passing on their genes to future generations and this trait would quickly die out, leaving us!
71356
Hi.\n\nThere's plenty of information over this topic in various search engines.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=human+evolution&go=Go\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=%2Bhuman+evolution\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=%2Bhuman+evolution+wiki\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=+site:dmoz.org+%2Bhuman+evolution\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=human+evolution\nhttp://answers.google.com/answers/search?q=human+evolution&qtype=all&num=100&sort=qeprice%3AA%3AR%3Ad1\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=+site:answers.com+%2Bhuman+evolution\nhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=%2Bhuman+evolution+forum\nhttp://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=human+evolution
1124679
Humans won't look particularly different 5000 years from now on a natural evolutionary track, besides probably being taller and having less hair. Of course, with the advent of genetic technologies and the changing picture of the world ecosystem and available resources, one cannot say what the human race, if it remains, might look like 5000 years from now.
374462
None at all. The human gives himself too much importance. Essentially, the role of mankind is as unimportant as the role of rocks, mosquitos and, actually, anything in the universe. However, mankind would not survive had it accepted the absolute pointlesness of its existance and so, our elevating of humanity's status above something what it really is seems only natural.
322613
Highly unlikely... if you know how natural selection works. The appendix is not really a disadvantage to have so natural selection will never select against it. Just because it's useless doesn't mean it will go away. It's only when it's harms an organism's chance of survival and procreation will it be selected against. Rarely people get appendicitis and even fewer die from appendicitis nowadays.
533795
evolution. Or perhaps speciation.
5138
Exactly. Humans did not evolve from primates. The theory of evolution is full of holes.
966025
I think it would help your paper to say why you think each of these things might occur, and even add some references that support your reasoning. You might be interested in the "Trends in Evolution" part of the web page I have linked at the bottom to help your make predictions.\n\nWhy do you think sexual dimorphism would change in the future, and why would it get more apparent if sexual roles are becoming more equal? (in general sexual dimorphism has been decreasing in human evolution - see link below, about 2/3 of the way down the page)\n\nWhy do you predict they will get taller (this is a good prediction, by the way, but why do you think it to be true)? \n\nIs there any reason to think that ESP or telekinesis will become possible?? (probably not, in my opinion, but what data can you find that says one way or the other)? \n\nIf you have read something that supports what you are saying, and you can provide references in the paper, your arguments will be much stronger - increasing the probability of a good grade!!
62802
Evolution doesn't eliminate everything which is useless. It will remove anything which is a disadvantage. For example, if it slows us down while running or makes us less intelligent, then it would have disappeared long ago.\n\nPubic and underarm hair may not have a reason to exist, but it also doesn't harm us, so it's still around. It may or may not disappear from humanity several thousand years from now.\n\nA few other points:\n- Some people believe that the underarm and pubic hair is used to reduce chafing. You'll notice that the crotch and armpits are two areas where the human body rubs against itself the most.\n- Some people believe that the underarm and pubic hair is used to hold in the pheromones that we produce. The crotch and underarms are two of the smelliest places on the human body.\n- In Asia, there are people who are actually born without underarm or pubic hair. However, in places like Korea, pubic hair is considered a sign of fertility, so many of the women born without pubic hair actually transplant hair from their head to their pubic area.
533771
You may be thinking of homeobox genes. These genes are crucial to early development and have been greatly conserved between groups of organisms. The genes tell the embryo what the basic body plan is. If there's a homebox mutation, you may end up with three arms or a leg where an arm goes, etc. These genes are very important but they aren't the only ones and I'm not sure you could say that any genes are "dedicated to protecting the substance of each biological life form."
378305
i doubt it... the human race will also be evolving, which means that even though there might be a large current race, there will be several mutations from the norm
843544
It is not "developing". It may be evolving slowly. But it will not develop into a superhuman. That would involve some serious genetic manipulation, which is no where near being developed. Also, becoming a being without a body is still in the realms of science fiction. We are as evolved as we need to be to survive in the world as it is, or has been for the past hundred thousand years or so. As to what we will develop by way of natural selection. I'd say anyone with an inate resistance to radiation poisoning will survive to have children.
51049
Not the tailbone; probably not arm or leg bones- ribs are pretty important, so are the spine and the skull