Let's hear your thoughts on the matter.
While I don't believe in the theory of evolution that we once came from apes, I do believe that we did come from a primitive type ape-"like" being much like the
brute "caveman".
There is sufficient evidence that suggests that Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthal man) co existed about 50 000 years ago together with Homo Sapiens Idaltu (Elder modern man ) and then the species died out, however what iof the species evolved as opposed to died out?
Cro magnon man came about a little more than 10 000 years ago, also co existing at some time with neanderthals, so who is to say that cro magnon man is not an amalgamation of 2 different species? Or that modern homo sapien was not a mixture of cro magnon and neanderthal?
anyway the basis of this theory is not to put fact to this lets say that this is perhaps how modern man (homo sapiens) came about, from the mixing of different beings, races whatever you wanna call them.
Fast forward a few millennia and today we have us (modern man)
Without a doubt we as a species are evolving to adapt to our new climates, our new ways, technology, new diets etc
For example (known fact) this current generation and following generations will not get wisdom teeth, how many people reading this are over the age of say 21 and have not yet produced wisdom teeth (not withstanding the fact that a few members need a set installed)
Anyway, the human is evolving and will no longer need wisdom teeth due to the change in our diet, as well when those that do get wisdoms start producing them, the major reason why they land up getting extracted anyway is because the modern jaw is too small to accomodate them.
Wisdom teeth are known as vestigial organs.
Other vestigial organs not needed by modern man include the following :
Appendix - Unless you are strictly a herbivore, the only time you need an appendix is when you need to get off school, easy to fake a sore appendix, clutch your side and moan, even if they take it out, you gonna get cool shit from friends and family who come to visit you in hospital anyway.
coccyx - Once used to hold a tail, today its not used for anything other than to cause you great pain if you fall on it.
Erector Pili - the little muscles fibers that cause goose bumps and raise your hair on end when you are afraid, scared, threatened, etc.
Back in the day when you were hairy, it was used as a defense mechanism, your hair would stand on end to give you a larger look and therefore scare off predators. These days when you are afraid, scared, threatened, you call the cops.
The spleen is also believed to be a vestigial organ with little or no use.
I couldn't find the site but there were these reports on babies being born without a coccyx.
It is also believed that soon babies are going to be born without a pinky.
Why ? well in order to survive in today's times we hardly need a pinky, why is your pinky extended half the time when you are doing something with your hand anyway ? your small toe doesn't help your balance much either.
most people that type on a keyboard these days probably use at most 3 fingers on each hand. You only need your thumb and one or 2 other fingers for most functions these days.
As we become smarter our cranial capacity is going to be needed to increase, hence bigger heads.
Because of the lack of necessity for strength, our bodies will become less muscular.
Ok so far, some time in the future we are looking at a human being with 3 fingers, maybe 4 toes, smaller , lithe torsos ( no need for a larger torso if half your internal organs are going to disappear)
Let me sidetrack quickly, we also have a race that was not with us 1000 years ago. Coloured people have emerged only the last few hundred years because of inter racial relations but have now become a single race.
It is believed that the brown coloured race will take over from whites and blacks and be the largest race on earth, easy to believe.
But then we have the chinese, who are known as the yellow people, who make up a huge percentage of the world's population, what colour would we be in the future if we had to then mix the black, white and "yellow" together? a Greyish colour, dark grey. almost a deeper brown/grey colour.
and what if we adopted the chinese's slanted eyes as part of the equation ?
Cool, so now we are getting there, perhaps our eyes would grow in proportion to our larger heads.
So now what do we have?
A humanoid being, grey in colour with 3 fingers, 4 toes, small torso, large head and large slanted eyes?
This is what that being would look like:
