• Question: How will we evolve with changes in technology and climate?

    Asked by Pizza to Jos, Kate, Lisa on 20 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Lisa Simmons

      Lisa Simmons answered on 20 Nov 2014:

      One sign that we are still evolving is that we loose our wisdom teeth. Our ancestors had much bigger jaws than we do, and had a use for their wisdom teeth due to that and their diet, which we no longer have.
      As technology improves especially in the medical region, our immune system will change, in the past 40000 years humans have developed a further 1800 genes to help them tackle diseases.
      Oh, and our brains are shrinking,some scientists think this is making us dumber as we become more reliant on technology, whereas others argue that it makes us less aggressive, allowing us to work better in teams.

    • Photo: Kate Dobson

      Kate Dobson answered on 20 Nov 2014:

      I don’t know about you but when i was little (before we had mobile phones) I could remember lots of phone numbers …. now I can’t. It’s not evolution yet, but it’s memory training in action and I guess Lisa’s right, eventually it could change the way we think.

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