I have lately been pondering over evolution , specifically human evloution . So we have a picture of where we came from , and that all life evolved from single celled organisms through whatever mechanisms . If you follow the line of human evolution you can pretty much get a good picture of our origions . After a while of though about this topic , one begins to wonder , we have evolved up to our current state , where to from here ? This is my proposal for this topic , to speculate and put forward hypothesis or predictions on where evolution will take the human race if anywhere .
My thoughts on the future evolution of humans are centred around our societies and functions within our lives , and also the outcomes in evolution due to human intervention . The fact that we use technology and medicine to give everyone a chance in life , nomatter how weak or strong , i think , will determine the outcome to a degree . Obviously anyone with any hint of humanity will realise the preciousness of a human life and so our goal (in most circumstances) is to preserve it . This in turn gives genetic "weaknesses" a chance to carry on through the ages . As a result we may see a rise in illnesses and diseases due to people with weaker immune systems being supported through drugs which enable them to outlive such drawbacks .
One can also note that with our exponential growth in technology we can change our future genetic makeup to compensate for this ,or atleast select which genes , aka - the strong ones , that we wish to pass on to our children , although this would seem like an extreme example i don't rule it out .
So i have though a possibility for future evolution . As time goes on through the ages , and if we aren't completely wiped out from natural disasters such as asteroids or nuclear war leading to nuclear winter and a definate change in human lifestyles , we will see a rise in weaknesses and suceptability to illness due to our supporting of weak genes through technology and medicine advances . Through our intervention in natural selection , our genetics will give rise to a weaker race more suceptable to illness .
Of course this is just one possibility i have come up with , and its by no means backed up with evidence of any kind other that my own thought processes .
Please feel free to discuss my theory or any of your own or exhisting theories on Future Human Evolution .
(please note : of course i dont think that the old saying "only the strong survive" is a favourable outcome , but this is what i think is a possibility . )
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