EVOLUTION

According to the Collins English dictionary evolution is a gradual change in the characteristics of a population of animals or plants over

successive generations

In other words evolution is when things change and adapt to their surroundings over many years

Are we sti l l evolving?•I am going to investigate if we are still evolving.

•I will compare the people of today with the people of the past

•I would like to see how these changes will affect my future.

Are we getting smarter?

Our brains are massively re-modelled by the exposure to the Internet -but also, by reading, television, video games, modern electronics, contemporary music and by contemporary "tools," etc.

The average human has to learn complicated new skills and abilities that involve a massive brain change. Our brains are very different, in fine detail, from the brains of our ancestors.

IQ tests had been increasing about 3 points per decade or

approximately 10 points per generation.

The average IQ in 1900 would have been 50, below the level of retardation. Obviously our grandparents or great grandparents were not retarded. The average IQ of the population today is approximately 100.

If we compare the inventions of today with the inventions they made 100-200 years ago then yes, we are getting smarter!

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If you compare the scientists of today who are making cures to cancer and many other diseases to those who had no answers - then yes we are getting smarter

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Are we getting Dumber?Are we getting reliant on computers, and therefore, dumber?

In the 1950s if you did not do well in your reading and math you did not move up to the next year group. Some people repeated the same primary year two to three times!!! These days its not until year 11 that if you fail you might

have to repeat that year.

If the power went out in a shop or business would we be able to work without a calculator or computer?

Are Our Bodies Changing?

Average height for a western European man

With evolution we are getting taller !!!

Obesity is a serious issue facing our society - and the western world - today. Levels have tripled in the past two decades in England and the government reports that a fifth of men and a quarter of women are now obese, with a staggering 24 million adults thought to be overweight or obese.

With evolution how will Technology change in the future?

•We will talk to computers not type into them

•Factories will be run by computers and machinery and will need very little human care

•We might have virtual reality holidays

I think…

•We will have houses with computers and robots who

do everything for us

With inventions such as computers and robots we will do less and less

My Conclusion

I believe we are still evolving and our future will be a very different place to live.

With evolution, if we rely too much on computers and other technology I believe we will become a very lazy, over weight and an unintelligent world!

With evolution we have become taller and more intelligent but with all these new inventions we will get fat, lazy and throw away our intelligence. I believe this is what may happen in the future!!!

This is my way of saying that, we need to look out for one another,

watch what we eat and the technology we use. We need to take care to

continue evolving and living the lives we are living now,

so have a happy and healthy life

everyone!!!

Conclusion Continued.

Also the life expectancy is in creasing so make the most of it!!!

I think I will change my future by…

•I will watch less television

•I will get out out and do more things for myself

•I will add up the cost of shopping as I am in the store and the only time it will be checked is when I pay for it

•And last but not least I will not fall behind in exercise and will try and not to become over weight and definitely NOT OBEASE!!!!!!!

THANKS FOR WATCHING… BYE!!!

•Google Images•Collins English Dictionary

•The Charles Darwin biography •http://news.cnet.com/Are-we-getting-smarter-or-dumber

•http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-agin/how-we-change-the-impact_•http://www.chacha.com

•http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com•http://www.privatehealth.co.uk/articles/november-2007/

•Channel 3 news TVNZ (19th May 2009 – Living longer info)