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• W238016143 abstract "The author speculates on the future course of human evolution and concludes that current reproductive disparities between the diverse populations of the world will dramatically change the past course of human evolution. Culture, which in prehistoric and early historic times generally served to enhance the survival chances of a population, in the modem world has frequently tended to develop in directions which harm rather than enhance the survival chances of populations which have accepted such anti-evolutionary values. Cultures whose core values are inimical to successful reproduction and the survival chances of the phylogenetic continuum will inevitably eliminate the societies which accept them. Key Words: Evolution, Darwinism,speciation, fertility, demographic competition, gene pools, denies, altruism, territoriality, natural selection I have often been asked by students: What will the men and women of the future look like? My answer has always been the same. Perhaps it was a disappointing one for those students who imagined I might reply that the future men and women of the world would have only one eye, extremely large foreheads, or some other kind of imaginative fantasy normally associated with science fiction. But nevertheless, my reply has always stimulated interest among the more thinking members of the class. We cannot forecast, I would say, the physical appearance of the future population of the world a score or more generations from now, but it is possible to make a fairly accurate forecast of what the inhabitants of the world will look like just one or two generations from now. Most of the students had never for one moment contemplated the possibility that the men and women of the next one or two generations might look in any way different from the people they had been accustomed to seeing around them. Inevitably, the next question was an extension of the first: In what way will they look different? Again the answer was simple and uncomplicated: If you want to know what human beings will look like in the near future, just take a look at the people who are producing the most offspring. Like my answers, the current evolutionary trend of mankind is very clear. When we are talking about evolution we should not be misled by any imaginative assumption that there is some basic principle that requires each generation of men and women to be necessarily brighter and more intelligent, more `highly evolved,' than the previous generation. Indeed, the reverse has too often been the case in respect of different societies at specific times and places in history. It is no accident that every urbanized civilization in history has collapsed, either from external or internal pressures. Evolution is not committed to the further advancement of humankind, or of any particular species: untold numbers of promising species have disappeared into oblivion, when the casual observer would have imagined that they were destined for even greater genetic advancement and evolutionary `achievement. Evolution is concerned, ultimately, only with fertility, and with the survival of the offspring of the members of a species to the point where the offspring in turn will prove to be competitively successful as procreators of yet another generation. Evolution has no long-term goals, although some who still adhere to the Judaeo-Christian tradition like to flatter themselves that human beings are the apple of God's eye and are in some way the forever-favored children of evolution. Evolution is, in reality nothing more than a statement of what has happened and what is happening to living organisms in the universe. No species or subspecies is predestined for biological advancement and glory. A species or subspecies may become extinct much more rapidly than it took to attain a position of eminence on the evolutionary ladder. The Evolutionary Process To what extent, then, may we speculate on the future course of evolution in respect of humankind? …" @default.
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• W238016143 title "Evolution and the Future of Mankind" @default.
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