Saturday, May 5, 2012

Q&A: Does evolution still apply to humans today?

Many social Darwinists hold the belief that evolution still exists in our society.  Evolution, I believe has only a minimal effect on humans today.  Evolution, more or less, works on a species to create those best suited to gathering and obtaining resources.  Humans, having become experts in hunting, and more importantly, masters of agriculture, have little or no need to compete for basic needs like our tribal ancestors had needed.  Humans are not going to be selected unless some bizarre apocalypse takes place, like deadly poison ivy cover the planet, and only those humans who have a genetic immunity to poison ivy would survive.  Also, "useless" traits of humans would not evolve away.  Pinkies and small toes, being considered useless in our current environment, would not gradually evolve out of the humans since they are disadvantageous to surviving and procreating, so they wouldn't suddenly cease to be a part of us.

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