>>4
AIDS, maybe; cancer, incredibly unlikely; and all the rest is overwhelming us too quickly to adapt that way.
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Anonymous2008-03-02 14:49
It takes hundreds of thousands of years to evolve as a species. And well into the first few thousand, we're going to die off. So I really don't see how the question is relevant.
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Anonymous2008-03-02 20:40
>>8
Not at all. Species of lizards imported to isolated islands have been observed to evolve longer legs more fitting to the environment in under 50 years.
The black plague is thought by some to be responsible for the high prevalence in Europeans of a gene that grants resistance to among other things the HIV virus. The genetic diversity required for evolution is present, so as long as we have factors killing us of or limiting reproduction we should se the population as a whole adapt to counter these.
For example, in todays society, many people choose career over a family, take a long education, get a busy job, and die childless and lonely. People should thus tend to get more lazy and hornier, so they can escape the evolutionary dead end of education by getting knocked up in college.
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duh2008-03-02 21:09
>Species of lizards imported to isolated islands have been observed to evolve longer legs more fitting to the environment in under 50 years.
Well, we aren't lizards, and 50 years is maybe just enough time for 3 generations of human beings. Not enough time for a new human species.
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Anonymous2008-03-02 21:16
>>9 The genetic diversity required for evolution is present [citation needed]
But you're misunderstanding how evolution works. If the genetic diversity (for a given thing) is present, evolution has already happened.
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Anonymous2008-03-03 14:39
i dont think most everyone here understands what evolution means nor how it works -_-
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Anonymous2008-03-03 15:51
Every winged crawling thing that goeth upon all four shall be an abomination unto you. - Leviticus 11:20
As we can see, insects at one time had only four legs. Through evolution they managed to gain another pair of legs, giving us the modern six legged insect.
>>10
We don't need an entirely new species, just more fit members of the current species. We are more fit to our lifestyle than people from a thousand years ago would be.
>>11
You're talking about mutation. Evolution also includes natural selection to select between 'good' and 'bad' mutations.
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Anonymous2008-03-04 0:03
The industrial revolution will be the defining factor in human evolution. With this period was born the proleriat and the elite, who rarely mix and who perform very different tasks. The proleriat will become phyisically stronger at the expense of mental ability, becoming more suited to the tasks which keep them alive. They will be known as the "Walmartians"
The upper class will be the ones to evolve, gaining mental capacity and driving their ape-like cousins to work harder, buy more, using them as slaves. The humans will continue this way until we become our ultimate form, a brain riding a gorilla.
Then the gorillas rape the brains, creating humans to start all over. Just as it is said in the Quran.
>>1
If anything humans will devolve physically. Thanks to medicine we're already letting weaker people live that would have otherwise died out.
Mentally, whether or not we will evolve is debatable.
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Anonymous2008-03-04 15:17
>>14 You're talking about mutation. Evolution also includes natural selection to select between 'good' and 'bad' mutations.
No shit, Sherlock.
However, selection acts as a break on evolution, not a driving force. If the genetic variation is already present, natural selection isn't going to do shit anymore, other than to spread it out more evenly.
>>17
``Devolve'' is not a term that makes sense. Fun fact: natural selection still happens.
Enjoy your middle school level understanding of evolution, though. I'm sure the Stormfront faggots will enjoy your contributions.