Posted on 01/12/2016 11:42:04 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
The perils of climate change are well known, but rising sea levels could also alter human evolution, scientists have claimed.
Rising sea levels could force communities to live in underwater or semi-aquatic towns which could change out physiology.
Dr Matthew Skinner a paleoanthropologist from the University of Kent, claims that humans could evolve to have webbed hands and feet and less body hair so they could move quickly through the water.
Our eyes would even become more like cats, so we could see in the murky gloom of seas and rivers and our lungs would shrink as we became used to using artificial tanks to breathe underwater.
"Regular underwater foraging would lead to the evolution of longer fingers and toes which would then likely develop 'webbed' interconnecting skin to enable easier swimming," said Dr Skinner.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Whispering to keep the atheists at bay: Evolution is BS.
Um, Homo sapiens has only been around for 200,000 years...
“For example people who live at high altitude have greater lung capacity while those who live in more northerly environments have grown paler to soak up more sunlight.”
Yet lighter colors reflect more sunlight/heat while darker colors absorb it.
NO NO NO NO, and for the last time NOOOOO!
If different sexes and races have different physical abilities, it would therefore stand to reason that they also have different mental abilities.
And we all know that that can't be true.
This has been the foundation of the social sciences for the past five decades.
I refuse to believe it. My lung capacity is roughly equal to the average Sherpa until proven otherwise.
Funny global warming causes this but central heating doesn’t? Ahhhhaaaahahahahahahahahahaha!
You have been pinged because of your interest in environmentalism, alarmist wackos, mainstream media doomsday hype, and other issues pertaining to global warming.
Freep-mail me to get on or off: Add me / Remove me
Please ping me to all note-worthy threads on global warming.
Global Warming on Free Republic here, here, and here
“Dr Matthew Skinner a paleoanthropologist”
LOL
No more toe cheese!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.