10-07-2008, 06:34 PM
<!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> LONDON: Man in the developed world has stopped evolving, a British genetics expert has said, because they no longer have to struggle to survive an
d natural selection does not come into play any more.
Going by his argument, any hopes of man evolving into something other than the current human state are left with the developing world, where tools of evolution are not thwarted in the absence of modern medi-care and higher standards of living.
Steve Jones, head of the department of genetics, evolution and environment at the University College London, says the forces driving evolution - such as natural selection and genetic mutation - no longer play an important role in our lives.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthS...how/3569369.cms
d natural selection does not come into play any more.
Going by his argument, any hopes of man evolving into something other than the current human state are left with the developing world, where tools of evolution are not thwarted in the absence of modern medi-care and higher standards of living.
Steve Jones, head of the department of genetics, evolution and environment at the University College London, says the forces driving evolution - such as natural selection and genetic mutation - no longer play an important role in our lives.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthS...how/3569369.cms