De-Evolution

[Zanorin Gellantra]

All the people talk about mankind and animals evolving.But its my nature,that I think about everything that I try to think the opposite of what everyone thinks.Is it possible that man kind will actually de-evolve?Will we ultimately become animals again,fighting for food and water as we even do now for money and power?

Leg whiskers… smelling tongues… and sixth senses. Why didn’t nature feel the urge to pass any of these genetic marvels on to homo sapiens? It seems like we got the shaft as far as the senses go. Or did we? Is it possible that humans have, or at least had, similar abilities at some point in our evolution… but have since lost them (or the ability to use them)?

Doesn’t it bug the hell out of you when the idiot being chased in a scary movie goes upstairs to ultimately get trapped? Rationale says that we will eventually get trapped.Yet,downstairs is the predator.But,that is hard coded in our body,it is instinct.Long way back....when humans were not so humane......when chased by a predator,they climbed trees,mountains.

Some might argue that "I'm not so stupid" but its hard to overcome instinct.Lets take for an instance:marriage.A majority of us will deny marrying when they are six or seven or even when twenty,but most of them eventually do.Why?Its in our instinct to mate,the desire,the lust.The urge to carry forward you sea of genes.

We don't run very well nor do we hear very well or sense or anything.Why?We have brains.While most animals adapt to nature,we adapt nature to suit ourselves.Our brains evolved to keep up with the social complexity of our society,to create tool,survive.....

But have we reached a dead end?Can we evolve only so much.Will we de-evolve,be reduced to animals fighting for the basic needs?Will our rate of destructing the earth,will finally lead to our own doom?Is earth better off without man kind?

[Hodizzle]

We can't really "de-evolve," even if we did revert to a more animal-like state, since it would be an adaptation to our environment, it would simply be evolution. Do I think this will happen? No. Fact is, our brains ARE our adaption. That's how they began, and they have allowed us to work around any other deficiencies we have. Now if something absolutely catastrophic happened, maybe it would be possible, but it would have to be something along to lines of an epidemic that somehow picked off all the smart people with low physical genetics.

[Zanorin Gellantra]

Originally Posted by Hodizzle

We can't really "de-evolve," even if we did revert to a more animal-like state, since it would be an adaptation to our environment, it would simply be evolution. Do I think this will happen? No. Fact is, our brains ARE our adaption. That's how they began, and they have allowed us to work around any other deficiencies we have. Now if something absolutely catastrophic happened, maybe it would be possible, but it would have to be something along to lines of an epidemic that somehow picked off all the smart people with low physical genetics.

I never really thought about it that way.
But,at the rate that man is destructing the planet,it is possible that we'll revert to more animal like state.
Global warming and other processes will eventually lead to lack of food and water and even natural disasters as the water level rises.Thus,man will then stop thinking about money and will fight for the basic needs and stop interfering with Earth i.e. no factories,no cutting of trees etc.

Eventually,earth will heal itself and man will "evolve" too.

That's how I think.A never ending cycle.

[Feralora]

This reminds me of the web bot's prediction for 2012. If you don't know what the web bot is, originally it was created by some greedy guy, it was made to search the internet for keywords in many different languages. Somehow he turned the information he got into a way of predicting the stock market accurately. What he noticed next is that it was able to predict other things too. It accurately predicted Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, and other events. For 2012 it predicts that humans will actually go back to farming their own crops, raising their own livestock, and living in smaller groups.

[vegeta23]

Thats exactly how the way things should be anyways..... really.....thats the life :]

[8o8legacy]

i loled when you said the earth will "heal itself". IMO, man will never stop thinking about money. natural disasters and what not wont stop them from trying to sell their products, and i believe that in order to solve the world problems we have today the mindset is to further increase our knowledge in technology, which in turn is very costly. As for the 2012 prediction, i call that pure coincidence.
Overall, i dont think we can de-evolve unless technological advancement halts, which is very unlikely.

[Rhosigma]

I think the human race IS stepping downwards on the evolutionary ladder, so to speak... and this is for many valid points.
Evolution usually happens with 'lucky mutations,' and thanks to doctors removing cancers and stuff, the lack of incest [not that im for it] and the preservation of 'faulty beeings' add their part in this. Cancers and tumors ARE a mutation themselves, so nature [ty darwing] should do the trick of accepting it or killing the person. Incest [which is absurdingly common in wild animals, doesn't happen much in the humans] is the most common way to create a mutation in a beeing, and [thanks to a part in our brain] the mother would throw away any 'defective' offspring. And, if it wasn't enough, we keep the beeings that actually harm the species: mentally challenged, physical problems, whatever you want to add, you see people with disorders walking around every corner. They most probably will pass defects to their children.
So yes... we should all die and get this over with.

[Ashley]

Originally Posted by ImmortalWarrior

All the people talk about mankind and animals evolving.But its my nature,that I think about everything that I try to think the opposite of what everyone thinks.

you could believe in creationism *shudders* i think thats the opposite of evolution..that there is no such thing as evolution and that men and women always existed

[Zanorin Gellantra]

Originally Posted by Rhosigma

I think the human race IS stepping downwards on the evolutionary ladder, so to speak... and this is for many valid points.
Evolution usually happens with 'lucky mutations,' and thanks to doctors removing cancers and stuff, the lack of incest [not that im for it] and the preservation of 'faulty beeings' add their part in this. Cancers and tumors ARE a mutation themselves, so nature [ty darwing] should do the trick of accepting it or killing the person. Incest [which is absurdingly common in wild animals, doesn't happen much in the humans] is the most common way to create a mutation in a beeing, and [thanks to a part in our brain] the mother would throw away any 'defective' offspring. And, if it wasn't enough, we keep the beeings that actually harm the species: mentally challenged, physical problems, whatever you want to add, you see people with disorders walking around every corner. They most probably will pass defects to their children.
So yes... we should all die and get this over with.

That's what makes us different from animals,doesn't it?Animals follow their instinct,to continue their sea of genes.They can't make their own choices.If a dog spots a cat,it will run after it,right?It doesn't have the willpower to stop itself.

[bookie]

Life would not support de-evolution, as the purpose of evolution is to make it easier for organisms to survive. There'd be no reason that an organism would change in an environment making it harder to surive.

However, humans have been evolving and discarding traits no longer needed, such as full-body hair. You could call that de-evolution if you want, but really it's beneficial to us, as clothes allow us to not need hair, and having a full coat of hair would be a pain in the ass.