Assignment # 7

a) I think that humans will continue to evolve and has not stopped
yet. Our ongoing evolution has many medical and health
implications. Scientists have found that the majority of genes that
have undergone recent evolution are associated with smell,
reproduction, brain development, skin pigmentation and
immunity against pathogens. Natural selection occurs in response
to environments—and our environment is changing. The relative
importance of natural selection in shaping our species might be
weak at present, but it has the potential to become stronger again
in the future. Human bones are thinner and less dense relative to
other primates. Our diets changed with settled agriculture,
physical activity changed, and our skeletons, in exchange, became
lighter and more delicate.

b) We are experiencing selective biological pressure such as

Pathogens and it may continue in the future unless we have a
better diet. Secondly, Climate change is also affecting our
lifestyles. Human activities and their climate and environmental
impacts cause u extinctions of animals and plants, cause
biodiversity losses and threaten the survival of animals and plants
on Earth.

c) I hypothesize that the possible adaptions are that humans are

getting diseases that were not known in the past. Secondly, our
bones are getting weaker due to lack of physical activity and lack
of healthy diet.