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Re: Will mankind evolve due to pollution?

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Posted by DickT on May 26, 2003 at 18:54:07:

In Reply to: Will mankind evolve due to pollution? posted by physicskid on May 25, 2003 at 02:57:41:

physicskid,

Pollution and other insults will cause variation of our genes. It is then up to selection to filter the variations for "success". Many people think that selection is much weaker than it used to be because our society takes care of people who in former times would have died.

Regards,
Dick

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