Not long ago, everyone was talking about how
humans would evolve into the future .... now comes a claim by
Professor Steve Jones that we are the peak of evolution. In a recent lecture (Tuesday 7 October 2008 at University College London) he posed the question of whether the human race is in decline?
His thesis is that, due to the way we now structure our societies, plenty of people are surviving who once did not, or are having children when once they would have stayed celibate, and medicine can now offer treatment for many with damaged genes, that can then be passed on.
Many people are worried about what this might do to
future generations. Professor Steve Jones, argues that everything we know about the process of evolution tells us that - at least in the developed world, and at least for the time being - human evolution has slowed down or stopped.
This is the exact opposite of the theory of Evolutionary theorist
Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics who believes that
humans are still evolving and in fact may be at the point of splitting again.
I guess, you pays your money and takes your choice.