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We've had quite a long stretch of recorded history and as far as I can see we have not changed. We have not grown wings to fly or gill to swim the seas or even coats of fur to protect us from the harsh winters. Our feet are so tender we have to wear shoes if left to ourselves from birth we would die. So where is the proof that we are changing into some higher life form?
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"We've had quite a long stretch of recorded history and as far as I can see we have not changed."
Sure we have.
"We have not grown wings to fly or gill to swim the seas or even coats of fur to protect us from the harsh winters."
Why would we?
". Our feet are so tender we have to wear shoes if left to ourselves from birth we would die."
All mammals would die if left to themselves after birth. Why should this have changed with us?
" So where is the proof that we are changing into some higher life form?"
Who said higher? Or lower? What does that even mean?
Which is a slim margin of a fly speck compared to evolutionary time.
We have not grown wings to fly or gill to swim the seas or even coats of fur to protect us from the harsh winters.
If we had wings could we compete with the robins in eating worms and bugs?
If we had gills could we compete with sharks for cuttlefish and seals?
If we had a fur coat could we compete with bears for salmon and berries?
We are what we are because we happened upon a niche in the environment that we could effectively compete in -- and eventually became the master of.
Our feet are so tender we have to wear shoes if left to ourselves from birth we would die.
Uh, There's millions of people in Africa and Asia that haven't worn nor ever will wear shoes.
And just about every mammal is helpless from birth. Why would you expect the human mammal to be any different?
So where is the proof that we are changing into some higher life form?
As long as life is reproducing there will be mutations. Those with very negative mutations will not survive long enough to reproduce, if they manage to be born at all. The remaining folks will have mutations that are negative, neutral, or beneficial depending on the environment.
End result is not a "higher life form", just a different "life form".
1. We've barely been around for 100,000 years, that's essentially nothing, yet we do continue to change morphologically and genetically. Check back in a couple million years on the progress.
2. Why do you think we'd change into a "higher" life form?