Flesh Blood Bones and a Mind

Well that’s what the human body is made of. Somehow, I’ve always been interested in the evolution of human race, learning about where we came from and where are we headed has always fascinated me. From apes to today’s agile build to maybe a big supercomputer mind or whatnot. The possibilities with the upcoming new discoveries are limitless.

The human race as, other animals have been evolving steadily since their onset about 280000 years ago. The natural selection has played a very vital role in our development and has made us what we are today. From our tall and hunky ancestors we have become punier with more agility and our brain size has also shrunk. But the main question in front of us today is that are we still evolving?

The above daunting question has always aroused conflicting views. Some say that we have slowed down evolving with time. According to Darwin, individual animals best suited to their environments live longer, have more offspring, and so spread their genes through populations. This produces evolutionary changes. Large scale intermarrying and among humans has hampered this change as almost everyone’s genes are carried forward. Thus the opinion that we are heading towards an evolutionary standstill.

But there is another view. The difference between humans and other species is their ability to collect and preserve information in places other than their minds, and ultimately their DNAs. In species information is passed down through generations through the DNAs, that’s how they evolve. But the volume of information passed down by humans increased tremendously thanks to the amount of written matter which has been used to pass down knowledge from ages and the volume of which has steadily been on the rise over the last few centuries. This knowledge is making us more aware, more knowing, more complex and a more creative being and will shape our future.

According to some major scientists we would soon enter the phase of self designed evolution, where we can change and improve our DNAs according to our choice and priority. All major flaws of the DNA can easily be ironed out, or repaired in a more biological way of saying and new discoveries can pave ways to maybe even increase our intelligence and thinking power. The future holds endless possibilities and soon the key to their evolution would be in the own hands of humans.