• Question: humans have evolved over time , are we predicted to keep on evolving over time ?

    Asked by lauren and gemma to Jonny, Paul on 26 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Paul Brack

      Paul Brack answered on 26 Jun 2015:


      Well, evolution is all about adapting to surroundings, and those things which are most suited to the environment survive while those that don’t gradually die out. So, as our environment is changing, the theory of evolution would predict that humans would keep evolving.

    • Photo: Jonny Brooks-Bartlett

      Jonny Brooks-Bartlett answered on 26 Jun 2015:


      As Paul said, we are likely to evolve according to our theory.

      Although one interesting point I heard is that humans are quite different to many other animals because we make things to adapt to our environment. For example, when it’s cold, rather than evolving to have thick skin we instead make thicker clothes. This means genetically we don’t really evolve, rather we just adapt.

      So we will probably only evolve when there’s a point that we can’t totally adapt. But some other people may think differently. It’s quite a tough question.

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