• Question: will humans ever evolve more :)

    Asked by to Gemma on 16 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Gemma Marsden answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      Hi calummacdonald10,
      Actually we are evolving all the time, but we just can’t see it. Our DNA changes through our lifetime and also changes if we compare it to our parents. The changes are not large and are not suddenly going to be able to make you fly or develop a super power. Also the changes can be bad and lead to illness.
      A simple example of human evolution is to look at our ancestors about 400 years ago, they were considerably shorter than us!
      So yes we have the potential to evolve, it just isn’t a quick process!

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