The next evolve?

[air_draken]

cool topic well as u may know of may not, our height is contolled mainly by the percentage of oxygen we get as if u have recently watched walking with monster:before the dinosaurs there was a certain era in which the was alot of oxygen and therefore a normal dragon fly was the size of a cow and a spider was as big as your face!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sorry to go off topic a bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

um im not sure wat we will evolve into but after 50 we will certainly be growing stronger as then all of the fossil fuels will run out

[bjbj1991]

cool topic well as u may know of may not, our height is contolled mainly by the percentage of oxygen we get as if u have recently watched walking with monster:before the dinosaurs there was a certain era in which the was alot of oxygen and therefore a normal dragon fly was the size of a cow and a spider was as big as your face!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sorry to go off topic a bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

um im not sure wat we will evolve into but after 50 we will certainly be growing stronger as then all of the fossil fuels will run out

 

 

 

its not the only factor. nutrition DNA and health. also oxygen lvls on earth during the dinos was the lowest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS: does anyone know how they know that the only was i know of is with antartic ice but that only goes back about 10mill?

[zzammy_wiz]

*NOTE* Soem people will most likely argue against evolution, and what not. Lets actualy have a topic that isnt all debate, k?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think next we might evolve into something that has less brain power ,due to all the polution, but we may become less suseptable to the polution. Humans will mostlikely also start to become more brutish again, as peopel start to become taller, and stronger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But if scientists step in and assits, i think we will be much more intelligent, and athletic. I really dont see an animal with like tenticals coming out of us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I cant see scientists changing what we will evolve into, and I agree with weezcake, if globel warming doesent get sorted out we done for.

[____]

In for Waterworld-style evolution.

 

 

 

Although Azgard-style is rather awesome in some ways.

[Ape]

Personally, I think our race, or even any life form on this planet is gonna' last no longer than a million years; due to global warming and disease.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If we do last that long, and find some way to by-pass or stop Global Warming/diseases I think we won't evolve at all. Maybe more intelligent, but that's not 'evolving' as such.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robotics are the future and there's no two ways about that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Mitch-

[willyhenriksen]

i guess the nect step will be some kind of cyborg...

[jaklumen]

The less we need to have on our bodies, the less we will need to consume to keep them up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lack of exercise and not decreasing food intake to match is what is fattening up the US. Other countries are slowly catching up too. (All 'diets', as the term is commonly used, basically reduce food intake.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For example, folks in rural areas are experiencing record levels of obesity due to a food lifestyle that has not kept pace with technological advancements in farming (i.e., big breakfast with all the trimmings but get to sit on the tractor or combine).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is aside from higher use of heavily processed foods in general, especially in economically poorer areas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's been said that we live in the Space Age with a Stone Age body. I'm not sure if our bodies will evolve to better process junk food, really.

[abyssalreaper]

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

[uk_swat]

Hard to say..But humans will be around for a long time.

[ryderj716]

We won't be able to tell, the Human race will evolve slowly so no one would ever look at themselves and just say, "Hey! I Look different than we did 20,000,001 years ago!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Though personally, I think we'll get flippers and more fur and we'll live in the galapagos islands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(If anyone is well read enough to know what I'm talking about, well then, good for you!)

[Pete_the_Viscous]

i guess the nect step will be some kind of cyborg...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am inclined to agree. I think it incredibly cool that someone has made a robot hand, connected it to their own arm, and could feel what he touched with it accross the room -- something like that, anyway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evolution... should really require some stimulous to begin. There doesn't really seem much of a need for us to develop gils at the moment; nothing is telling our bodies that we live under water. What I expect is more likely is that people will become more intelligent, taller and so on -- don't ask me why I think taller: that just seems to be happening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robot body parts, though, that would be great. One could actually have wheels, motors, strength enhancements, torches... death rays... anything implanted. Assuming, of course, they overcome the whole rejection thing.

[Kevin_]

 

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

 

 

 

yeh , exactly , it will be over for alot of people in 2036 , it was on the news that an asteroid will hit the earth , you'l be able to see it in the air in 2029 , now thats just a rumour altough i think its true.

[Antrune]

 

 

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

 

 

 

yeh , exactly , it will be over for alot of people in 2036 , it was on the news that an asteroid will hit the earth , you'l be able to see it in the air in 2029 , now thats just a rumour altough i think its true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bloody hell. I hope not *panics*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link pl0x Zot :D?

[Scruffy5389]

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People say this all the time, that we're going to kill ourselves and destroy the human race. But even if the ice caps melt and all the superpowers of the world start lobbing nukes at each other tomorrow, the human race will survive. Civilization as we know it may be doomed, and radiation might make huge areas of land uninhabitable, but humans can always survive somewhere. I mean, there are tribes in the Amazon that have never had contact with the rest of civilization. Will they be affected by a nuke in Rio de Janeiro? Probably not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for what we will evolve into, that is tough to say. In our current situation, there is no natural selection. Genes have very little to do with who actually survives to reproduce. We value certain qualities (strong, tall, smart) but these qualities have very little effect on whether we can reproduce or not. Virtually anyone can pass on their genes in today's world. I would say our evolution has stalled, because there is practically no pressure weeding out the inferior genes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once the human race reaches a crisis and there really is competition to live and produce offspring, then those with better genes will dominate, and natural selection and evolution will resume. The question is, what will the "better genes" be?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Possible crisis that will face humanity are overpopulation, meteor impact, climate change, nuclear armageddon (sp?), biological threat such as a deadly disease, etc. In all of these scenarios, the "better genes" for survival will involve physical strength or speed, not necessarily intelligence. Sure, our current society values intelligence, and people are getting fatter and more dependent on technology. But once people have to fight to survive, the genes that will be favored and perpetuated are all about physical prowess, not mental agility. We might still be smart if it is beneficial to our survival. But our evolution will be in our bodies somehow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simply put, our evolution will probably not involve too much technology.

[monkey_933]

 

 

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

 

 

 

yeh , exactly , it will be over for alot of people in 2036 , it was on the news that an asteroid will hit the earth , you'l be able to see it in the air in 2029 , now thats just a rumour altough i think its true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok I hope you were joking because that's kind of creepy to know...

[assassin_696]

 

 

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

 

 

 

yeh , exactly , it will be over for alot of people in 2036 , it was on the news that an asteroid will hit the earth , you'l be able to see it in the air in 2029 , now thats just a rumour altough i think its true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't like to poo-poo these claims but we've had so many of them it's still a far off chance that it will hit. We'll be more likely to be hit by an asteroid that we have absolutely no idea of, anyone who's read Bill Bryson's A Short History Of Nearly Everything will know what i'm on about :P

[Evilperson]

 

 

 

People say this all the time, that we're going to kill ourselves and destroy the human race. But even if the ice caps melt and all the superpowers of the world start lobbing nukes at each other tomorrow, the human race will survive. Civilization as we know it may be doomed, and radiation might make huge areas of land uninhabitable, but humans can always survive somewhere. I mean, there are tribes in the Amazon that have never had contact with the rest of civilization. Will they be affected by a nuke in Rio de Janeiro? Probably not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ever read the beach? ever hear about nuclear winter. case closed :P

[Guest GhostRanger]

 

 

 

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

 

 

 

yeh , exactly , it will be over for alot of people in 2036 , it was on the news that an asteroid will hit the earth , you'l be able to see it in the air in 2029 , now thats just a rumour altough i think its true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't like to poo-poo these claims but we've had so many of them it's still a far off chance that it will hit. We'll be more likely to be hit by an asteroid that we have absolutely no idea of, anyone who's read Bill Bryson's A Short History Of Nearly Everything will know what i'm on about :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Bryson - what a fantastic author.

[zeekyhbomb]

 

 

 

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

 

 

 

yeh , exactly , it will be over for alot of people in 2036 , it was on the news that an asteroid will hit the earth , you'l be able to see it in the air in 2029 , now thats just a rumour altough i think its true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't like to poo-poo these claims but we've had so many of them it's still a far off chance that it will hit. We'll be more likely to be hit by an asteroid that we have absolutely no idea of, anyone who's read Bill Bryson's A Short History Of Nearly Everything will know what i'm on about :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That book was awesome, taught me a ton of things. :lol: Well yeah on topic, I agree that we probably won't really evolve until we NEED to, like what the person above me said, a huge sickness, overpopulation, etc would cause us to change just so we could survive. I think the human race will basically stay the same but maybe gain/lose some strength, gain/lose some height , etc. Just a few minor changes.

[Kevin_]

 

 

 

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

 

 

 

yeh , exactly , it will be over for alot of people in 2036 , it was on the news that an asteroid will hit the earth , you'l be able to see it in the air in 2029 , now thats just a rumour altough i think its true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok I hope you were joking because that's kind of creepy to know...

 

 

 

na , it was on the radio and stuff in belgium , the astroid will hit somewhere in the south

[Guest GhostRanger]

 

 

 

 

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

 

 

 

yeh , exactly , it will be over for alot of people in 2036 , it was on the news that an asteroid will hit the earth , you'l be able to see it in the air in 2029 , now thats just a rumour altough i think its true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok I hope you were joking because that's kind of creepy to know...

 

 

 

na , it was on the radio and stuff in belgium , the astroid will hit somewhere in the south

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully by then we will be able to deflect/destroy it in some way. :?

[Scruffy5389]

 

 

 

 

People say this all the time, that we're going to kill ourselves and destroy the human race. But even if the ice caps melt and all the superpowers of the world start lobbing nukes at each other tomorrow, the human race will survive. Civilization as we know it may be doomed, and radiation might make huge areas of land uninhabitable, but humans can always survive somewhere. I mean, there are tribes in the Amazon that have never had contact with the rest of civilization. Will they be affected by a nuke in Rio de Janeiro? Probably not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ever read the beach? ever hear about nuclear winter. case closed :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hmm...good point there. But I'm sure there are places that would avoid raditation damage, and then its just a climate change. Correct me if I'm wrong, I honestly don't know that much about it.

[assassin_696]

 

 

 

 

 

Evolution takes millions of years, and with current conditions, I doubt we'll survive that long as a race. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts exactly rofl

 

 

 

yeh , exactly , it will be over for alot of people in 2036 , it was on the news that an asteroid will hit the earth , you'l be able to see it in the air in 2029 , now thats just a rumour altough i think its true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok I hope you were joking because that's kind of creepy to know...

 

 

 

na , it was on the radio and stuff in belgium , the astroid will hit somewhere in the south

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully by then we will be able to deflect/destroy it in some way. :?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zot, you sound very casual about it all :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We probably wouldn't be able to deflect it, at the moment we don't have any nukes (ie. we being the world) that could fly far enough into space, and even then we would only fragment it so that we'd have lots of smaller but still fairly significant impacts.

[Antrune]

If anyones actually read anything about it the highest chances of it hitting or 1 out of 10000 so its very un likely.

[Craven_Image]

If the current species - h0mo sapiens survive for long enough for an evolution process to take place it certainly won't happen on earth. On earth we inhabit just about every single place and we've used our brains to adapt without any physical changes by making clothes, houses, air conditioning, cures for diseases etc. To be honest though I don't think humans are that successful, being self aware and being intelligent doesn't guarantee the success of that species. Bacteria have been around for 4.5 billion years much more intelligent species have evolved since then but have died out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If there was a new species of human to evolve it would be from the colonization of other planets. For evolution to occur there has to be isolation of the 2 groups (so that they don't interbreed) second there has to be some kind of environmental factor which influences how they live or reproduce. My guess is the next human species would be from Mars (once we colonize it). Very slight differences in atmospheric composition and gravitional differences could cause a species change considering that people wouldn't be constantly trafficked from Mars to Earth as it would take quite a while to get there.