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Coloss260 OP t1_je0qu5z wrote

Reply to comment by dclxvi616 in We, as Humans, are coming closer to evolve into a new race of Humans. by Coloss260

I think you got confused here, I was thinking about a "not so far" future, this could be a lot of generations, but even one hundred years compared to history is not so far away.

Living beings adapt genetically to their environment, in order for future generations to survive better than they did, and in human history, our bodies slowly reduced the need of strength, to give us more brain capacity (I might need to have a look on that to be honest). This works the same for any of our physical features, and in our today's way of living, we use more our fingers that we use our strength, so what could happen then?

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dclxvi616 t1_je0wrx7 wrote

Okay, you’re correct I was confused about the timeframe. But I don’t think the fact that we merely use our fingers more is expressed through natural selection unless people who are better at using their fingers are more effective at reproducing offspring. And they very well may be, it just takes a stretch of the imagination, imho.

Basically the selective pressure is always about if it makes you more or less likely to successfully produce offspring, who then in turn produce offspring of their own. Characteristics that make it less likely to do this die off, or are at risk of doing so. Characteristics that don’t effect your ability to reproduce don’t really effect the selective pressure.

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Bax_Cadarn t1_je1omz6 wrote

You are absolutely correct. That is like that facebook meme my wufe found where a woman had nose surgery because she wanted her children to be born with nicer noses xd

Unless humanity devolves to only mate on Tinder. I'm sure misswipes could affect one's ability to procreate.

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