• Question: How do you think evolution will change us and do you think it will change us much

    Asked by anon-40709 to James, Ingmar, Cristina, Anna on 14 Nov 2022.
    • Photo: Ingmar Schoen

      Ingmar Schoen answered on 14 Nov 2022:


      It depends on the evolutionary ‘pressure’ how fast species are evolving. ‘Pressure’ here means circumstances that threaten the existence of the species.
      In terms of our biology, the biggest evolutionary pressure that we are currently facing might be climate change. Specifically, climate change will lead to changes in food production and our nutrition.
      In terms of our psychology, the increasing digitisation and changes to our social networks could lead to a change in our behaviour and how we work together as a society.
      If we look back into our history over the past few hundred years, we can see how both the agricultural revolution as well as the industrialisation have changed the way we live and how we define ourselves. It seems that in the younger past, things are changing faster than they used to do – just compare how you are growing up and how your grandparents grew up. I do not know how the current and future circumstances will change us, but they for sure will.

    • Photo: Anna Desmond

      Anna Desmond answered on 14 Nov 2022:


      Ingmar’s answer is a great answer. We are evolving right now and will continue to evolve. Evolution can happen in 2 scales macroevolution (macro meaning big) and microevolution (micro meaning small). an example of macroevolution would be the appearance of animals and mammals over the last 150 million years. An example of microevolution would be changes in genes from one generation to another e.g. height, eye and hair colour. Nobody knows where human evolution will lead. We all adapt to our environments and our environment is constantly changing.

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