• Question: Are we still evolving?

    Asked by dognut99 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 15 Mar 2013. This question was also asked by jimmony69.
    • Photo: Jason King

      Jason King answered on 15 Mar 2013:


      Yes, evolution is a constant process. If you compare the height of people now for example, we are significantly taller than people from a few hundred years ago (which is one of the reasons you always hit your head if you go into a really old cottage, or something). This is due to lots of things, like how much better our diet and medicine is, than it was back then. It’s very slow for humans though, as each generation is quite a long time, so to really tell, you’d have to come back in a million years and compare.

    • Photo: Nathan Green

      Nathan Green answered on 18 Mar 2013:


      Yes. But now that we can control our enviroment much better and are more intelligent the survival of the fittest thing isnt quite the same.

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