Friday, September 17, 2010

Quickwrite: Are Humans Evolving? If So - Evloving Into What?

            Organisms have been developing ever since the first one came to be. After the age of the dinosaurs, came the apes; and for millions of years, those apes had slowly been developing into homosapiens. Other living things, like birds, have also been developing in their feathers, wings, and beaks. Humans changed over the past million years, and it would make no sense for us to suddenly stop developing. Almost every living thing goes through evolution, and there is no doubt for me that humans are still changing.
             We may not be aware that we are still evolving, but all our changes will be revealed in thousands if not millions of years from now. Evolution is mostly caused by environmental changes, mating, and mutation. If the climate of a place was to dramatically change, it would mean that organisms in that area would have to change their ways of living to get used to the new climate. For example, if the temperature was at thirty degrees fahrenheit almost every day of the month, living creatures would have to adjust to the changes by either building new shelter to keep themselves warm, or traveling to different lands where the weather is more comfortable. If they choose to migrate to a better land, their bodies would slowly gain stamina and condition from all the walking. Their feet might even transform into a better shape made for traveling, and from there, all there new genes will be passed on to future offspring.
              Mutation is another thing that can cause evolution. When organisms reproduce, one of the offspring may be born differently, and when that "different" creature produces, his or her babies will most likely be just like their father/mother. That will trigger a change in species, and in the future there may be a whole new different species, made by another group of species. Any of this can happen to humans. Once humans run out of fossil fuels, they will be force to travel by foot at least until the government releases alternative energy. There also has been many different cases in which children are born with conjoined body parts, and even conjoined twins. There may be a possibility that these types of people may affect what the human race will look like in a million years or so.
             So what are humans evolving into? Maybe we'll end up looking like an animal that exists today. Or maybe apes will evolve into different types of humans, and the current human race will become extinct. What if this whole thing is just a cycle? What if fish evolve into land creatures? No one will ever know, no one except for the last human of our kind.

1 comment:

  1. First of all, I'm glad that the topics we've been delving into in class have gotten you thinking. The "bob story" and the thing about human evolution, both of which you've now posted about, are obviously connected directly; here are some more ideas for you to check out. Google the following, or check them out on Wikipedia, for some interesting follow-up:

    transhumanism
    the singularity
    ray kurzweil
    genomics

    See if you find any ideas here that spark more interest. It gets way deep, way quick.

    HOWEVER...one issue. One post per week is supposed to be a response post to another student's blog, which you have not done this week! I will give you credit for these two posts this time, but please dedicate some writing time to your fellow students' work before this Friday's posts come due. Thanks!

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