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The Future of Evolution: What Will We Become?
livescience ^ | 16 November 2009 | Charles Q. Choi

Posted on 11/21/2009 12:27:39 PM PST by JoeProBono

The past of human evolution is more and more coming to light as scientists uncover a trove of fossils and genetic knowledge. But where might the future of human evolution go? There are plenty of signs that humans are still evolving.

However, whether humans develop along the lines portrayed by hackneyed science fiction is doubtful.

Clichés dashed

An old cliché has the highly evolved humans of the future sporting large heads to hold their advanced enlarged brains, "but that's nonsense, whole nonsense," said paleontologist Peter Ward at the University of Washington at Seattle, author of "Future Evolution." "If you've ever gone through a childbirth or witnessed one," Ward says, "we're already anatomically right on the edge of how big our heads can go — our big brains have already caused extreme problems in childbirth, and if we had bigger and bigger brains, that'd cause more mothers to die in childbirth, so evolution would select against that......."

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: Science; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: evolution; godsgravesglyphs; jpb
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1 posted on 11/21/2009 12:27:41 PM PST by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 11/21/2009 12:30:13 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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I wanna be a fishy.


3 posted on 11/21/2009 12:30:52 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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4 posted on 11/21/2009 12:31:21 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Based on what I see on TV I would say we will revert to pond scum!


5 posted on 11/21/2009 12:34:12 PM PST by 1776 Reborn (Test kids and politicians (bigger idiots) on the Constitution!)
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Ring a bell?
6 posted on 11/21/2009 12:34:36 PM PST by tired1 (When the Devil eats you there's only one way out.)
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7 posted on 11/21/2009 12:34:36 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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I suspect that the most noticeable changes will be internal changes. People will be naturally selected for, resistance to stress, pollution and disease. I think a more gracile and racially mixed human will continue to evolve.
8 posted on 11/21/2009 12:36:19 PM PST by dog breath
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9 posted on 11/21/2009 12:36:52 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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10 posted on 11/21/2009 12:39:56 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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11 posted on 11/21/2009 12:44:10 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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12 posted on 11/21/2009 12:46:05 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Great picture. Is this someone trying to break in or out of Mexico. Hard to tell these days.


13 posted on 11/21/2009 12:49:56 PM PST by 1776 Reborn (Test kids and politicians (bigger idiots) on the Constitution!)
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14 posted on 11/21/2009 12:49:57 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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15 posted on 11/21/2009 12:50:53 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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That image of Obama as a response to my comment makes me very afraid for the future of humanity. I am going to have nightmares for sure now!
16 posted on 11/21/2009 12:51:00 PM PST by dog breath
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If we ever move beyond this planet I suspect we’ll find that we need certain induced genetic changes. Things like greater lung capacity, resistance to certain radiation, muscular changes.

It would tie us to any planet we settled on but in that sense we’re tied to this one due to our suitability to living on earth.


17 posted on 11/21/2009 12:51:15 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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18 posted on 11/21/2009 12:55:43 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Hmmmm ..?? I’ve read, “... to dust you will return”.

Good luck everybody!!


19 posted on 11/21/2009 12:56:07 PM PST by CyberAnt (Michael Yon: "The U.S. military is the most respected institution in Iraq.")
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What a babe!!!

The one on the left ain't bad either but I bet she isn't a liberal.

20 posted on 11/21/2009 12:56:56 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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