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Taz
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Message 5 of 102 (556261)
04-18-2010 4:07 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by DC85
04-18-2010 3:32 PM


DC85 writes:
Although I'm sure we can debate this. I honestly don't see humans evolving all that much over time. We adapt or environments to us instead of falling victim to it like other species. The only force I see still at work is sexual selection and even then most humans still will have a chance to reproduce...
I would argue that human evolution has happened in the past, is continuing to happen, and will continue to happen in the future. Natural selection, sexual selection, and the various pressures are only some mechanisms involved in the overall process of evolution. Just by having a population living in an environment, no matter how stable, evolution will happen. The mere fact that mutation is inevitable makes evolution inevitable.

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