Will Humans Evolve Further? Page 2

Started by Oryx October 24th, 2011 12:30 PM
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Don't think so. We're pretty much on top of everything that we need in order to survive, such as resistance to the hot and the cold, not to mention we're the only animal to directly affect the entire earth (global warming...), so unless another meteor decides to say sup brahs I don't think we're gonna be evolving like Pikachu any time soon.

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I disagree with that. They're still looking for the best genetic makeup subconsciously, the major change is that there's a conscious in play too. One could argue that humans are looking for the most suitable mate for their physical, mental, and social tastes.
Interesting point. But think of it this way - someone is born significantly smarter than the rest of the population, are they going to live longer because of that intelligence? Are they more likely to mate because of that intelligence? I would have to say no.


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Interesting point. But think of it this way - someone is born significantly smarter than the rest of the population, are they going to live longer because of that intelligence? Are they more likely to mate because of that intelligence? I would have to say no.
Depends where they're living, and how this person fits in with the rest of the people and the environment as well. That example doesn't ruin the reason behind "humans are looking for the most suitable mate for their physical, mental, and social tastes".

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Depends where they're living, and how this person fits in with the rest of the people and the environment as well. That example doesn't ruin the reason behind "humans are looking for the most suitable mate for their physical, mental, and social tastes".
The point I was making is that beneficial mutations in our genes are no longer spread as they would if we were living like animals. I would even disagree on that statement though - many people date someone because of love, which isn't affected for the most part by those things. Otherwise scrawny dumb poor people wouldn't get married, but they do. Logically, they should be shunned biologically so their genes are not passed on but they're not because people fall in love and don't care about biological things. You could say that attractions to certain personalities is what sets us apart - This generally isn't something that's developed by your genes, but rather by how you were raised, so once again we're back to people choosing their mates in a way that isn't point towards evolution.


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The point I was making is that beneficial mutations in our genes are no longer spread as they would if we were living like animals. I would even disagree on that statement though - many people date someone because of love, which isn't affected for the most part by those things. Otherwise scrawny dumb poor people wouldn't get married, but they do. Logically, they should be shunned biologically so their genes are not passed on but they're not because people fall in love and don't care about biological things. You could say that attractions to certain personalities is what sets us apart - This generally isn't something that's developed by your genes, but rather by how you were raised, so once again we're back to people choosing their mates in a way that isn't point towards evolution.
I always thought animals don't really choose their mates, they usually just go with the one that hasn't died yet because mating with something that's been eaten or is decaying doesn't work at all.

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I always thought animals don't really choose their mates, they usually just go with the one that hasn't died yet because mating with something that's been eaten or is decaying doesn't work at all.
With some species you get individuals who are just... shunted out of the mating process because of competition from other individuals. I think that might be one more reason humans are less likely to evolve. We're (mostly) monogamous. We don't have an elite segment of society which breeds while the rest toil in unbreeding misery.

And many animals do choose their mates. Take birds for instance. Lots of species have really bright, colorful males who use their appearance to woo females and the females pick and choose among the shiniest, featheriest birds. We humans are a bit more complicated than that. We find appearance attractive, but also personality, and a whole lot of other things go into who we have children with, if we decide to do that at all.