Is Man evolving?

[Larniavc]

I know but I have a few seconds of lead time. It cuts reaction time to zero or less (negative). Sometimes I see the event itself a few seconds in the future. It is quite noticeable especially if the object in question is moving fast, it begins to look like a deja vu. But it doesn't happen all the time. The chances are around 10% on average if I'm awake.

The ability is a lot stronger and almost 100% active when I'm asleep so it would be nearly impossible to catch me asleep even if you're not making any noise. I could even recognize the approaching person in my sleep from inside my room. But it's a basic "I know you" or "I don't know you" level of recognition. I don't know exactly how it works but it works nevertheless.

I never had it when I was very young. You cannot train something that seem to defy the laws of nature. At the very least, adaptive mutation has something to do with it.

Too much spider-man.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Humans are continually evolving, as we have evolved for millions of years to get to where we are now. Consider the simple fact of wisdom teeth. Compared with our early human ancestors, we have smaller jaws. Many people are born without wisdom teeth, and those that are often need them removed as they can lead to pain and infection. The teeth once needed to chew tougher plants and meat have become defunct as we've been cooking our food for ten of thousands of years, making it softer and easier to chew. That's just one example of many of continual human evolution.

Narrow jaws and crooked teeth are more often an indication of poor pre and post natal nutrition than evolution. I was always healthier than my siblings, and still have my wisdom teeth. They were picky eaters, frequently ill, and had theirs pulled. Mankind as a whole suffers from poor nutrition, so poor dental development is understandable.

Just a side not about my health. I and a girl classmate received recognition for near perfect school attendance, grades kindergarten through sixth. Often in the winter months nearly half the school was out due to sickness, teachers as well. This girl and I were always there, smiling, healthy, and eager to learn.

 

[Justatruthseeker]

No, man is not evolving - he is adapting to his environment, which he himself is creating. Don't confuse adaptation as evolution.

If you take 1 million black rabbits and place them near the arctic circle - in time you will have white rabbits, but they will still be rabbits.

 

[AV1611VET]

Is Man evolving?

Only on paper did we evolve from a common ancestor.

 

[Hoghead1]

Narrow jaws and crooked teeth are more often an indication of poor pre and post natal nutrition than evolution. I was always healthier than my siblings, and still have my wisdom teeth. They were picky eaters, frequently ill, and had theirs pulled. Mankind as a whole suffers from poor nutrition, so poor dental development is understandable.

Just a side not about my health. I and a girl classmate received recognition for near perfect school attendance, grades kindergarten through sixth. Often in the winter months nearly half the school was out due to sickness, teachers as well. This girl and I were always there, smiling, healthy, and eager to learn.

True. However, what he is talking about is altogether different. Our "canines" are far smaller than what other animals have who are dependent on tearing our animals apart with their teeth. Since we don't need to do that, we have much smaller canines.

 

[AV1611VET]

True. However, what he is talking about is altogether different. Our "canines" are far smaller than what other animals have who are dependent on tearing our animals apart with their teeth. Since we don't need to do that, we have much smaller canines.

Have we evolved trigger fingers?

 

[Linet Kihonge]

So what kind of species would we be like if we all did the things this Ryan did???

 

[Linet Kihonge]

Can I propose an argument?

1. It's either this is evidence that man could be developing survival instincts based on "survival for the fittest" even though I don't know what triggered such an intense coping mechanism that seems like that of a "spooked out" species.

2. That in fact, even if we use 100% of our brains no one has ever fully explored its potential.

Just thinking!!!

 

[Loudmouth]

No, man is not evolving - he is adapting to his environment, which he himself is creating. Don't confuse adaptation as evolution.

What's the difference?

If you take 1 million black rabbits and place them near the arctic circle - in time you will have white rabbits, but they will still be rabbits.

Chimps and humans share a common ancestor who was a primate, and we are both still primates.

Bears and humans share a common ancestor who was a mammal, and we are still mammals.

Fish and humans share a common ancestor who was a vertebrate, and we are still vertebrates.

Apparently, you don't understand how evolution works.

 

[Justatruthseeker]

What's the difference?

One million black rabbits placed near the article circle over time becoming white rabbits is adaptation. Rabbits becoming something other than rabbits is evolution - and has not once been observed in the entire history of scientific observation. Notwithstanding incorrect classification of birds that are interbreeding and producing fertile offspring right in front of our eyes of course - and the incorrect classification of the fossil record that goes along with it.

Chimps and humans share a common ancestor who was a primate, and we are both still primates.

Then follow your own science if you believe that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species

"Presence of specific locally adapted traits may further subdivide species into "infraspecific taxa" such as subspecies (and in botany other taxa are used, such as varieties, subvarieties, and formae)."

Are you now claiming that whatever claimed ancestor we both came from was not a species in its own right? Then according to your own science we are but infraspecific taxa of that species, not a separate species. Yet no biologist will ever admit to that being the case - even when their own science demands it.

We share more genes with mice - yet i don't see you claiming mice as our direct ancestor.

Bears and humans share a common ancestor who was a mammal, and we are still mammals.

Fish and humans share a common ancestor who was a vertebrate, and we are still vertebrates.

Apparently, you don't understand how evolution works.

Apparently you don't. Since evolution is not mammals becoming other mammals, or vertebrates becoming other vertebrates, but species becoming other species. Best go reread your theory of evolution again and stop with the silly games.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat05.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species

A usable definition of the word "species" and reliable methods of identifying particular species are essential for stating and testing biological theories and for measuring biodiversity,"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution

"Evolution is change in the heritable traits of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules."

That you can't do either is a personal problem you need to learn to deal with.

 

[Loudmouth]

One million black rabbits placed near the article circle over time becoming white rabbits is adaptation.

How is that different from evolution?

Rabbits becoming something other than rabbits is evolution

No, it isn't. The common ancestor of chimps and humans was a primate. We are still primates. That is still evolution.

The common ancestor of bears and humans was a mammal. We are still mammals. That is still evolution.

The common ancestor of fish and humans was a vertebrate. We are still vertebrates. That is still evolution.

You don't evolve out of your ancestry. You are what your ancestors were, plus modifications. That's how evolution works.

Notwithstanding incorrect classification of birds that are interbreeding and producing fertile offspring right in front of our eyes of course - and the incorrect classification of the fossil record that goes along with it.

It is still the correct classification if there is not free gene flow between the populations. A few rare hybrids does not make them the same species.

When we talk about species we are talking about a barrier to gene flow that causes population specific mutations to build up in the two populations. If there is restricted gene flow, you still get population specific mutations accumulating over time.

Are you now claiming that whatever claimed ancestor we both came from was not a species in its own right?

If two non-interbreeding rabbit species evolve from a common ancestral rabbit species, would you accept that as evolution?

Then according to your own science we are but infraspecific taxa of that species, not a separate species. Yet no biologist will ever admit to that being the case - even when their own science demands it.

Chimps and humans interbreed?

We share more genes with mice - yet i don't see you claiming mice as our direct ancestor.

We don't share more genes with mice than we do with chimps. That is something you are making up.

Apparently you don't. Since evolution is not mammals becoming other mammals, or vertebrates becoming other vertebrates, but species becoming other species.

It is all those things.

Best go reread your theory of evolution again and stop with the silly games.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/faq/cat05.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species

A usable definition of the word "species" and reliable methods of identifying particular species are essential for stating and testing biological theories and for measuring biodiversity,"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution

"Evolution is change in the heritable traits of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including the levels of species, individual organisms, and molecules."

That you can't do either is a personal problem you need to learn to deal with.

Are chimps and humans separate species?