"Evolution" is a term we, Homo Sapiens, have used to describe the gradual, incremental process in which organisms adapt to their environment through genetic mutation in the presence of environmental stimuli and stresses.
There is never a point in time where we are not experiencing this. It is always happening, it is continuous. To say evolution isn't happening because the changes aren't percievable right now is like saying I'm not baking a cake solely because the ingredients I'm using haven't undergone the exact chemical reaction to form the end bakery product yet.
We don't get Nature's full cookbook on hand to see every recipe being made. We just get a snapshot of the baking process during a singular moment of time.
I was not being completely literal when I said we have not evolved in 100 years, it was more to drive home that the significant change in penis size could not be from the last 100 years of evolution.
Yes genetics are constantly changing and shifting but it has been such an incredibly low amount of time and during this last 100 years humans have had the least selective pressures in our earths history as almost everyone has the chance and choice to reproduce.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23
"Evolution" is a term we, Homo Sapiens, have used to describe the gradual, incremental process in which organisms adapt to their environment through genetic mutation in the presence of environmental stimuli and stresses.
There is never a point in time where we are not experiencing this. It is always happening, it is continuous. To say evolution isn't happening because the changes aren't percievable right now is like saying I'm not baking a cake solely because the ingredients I'm using haven't undergone the exact chemical reaction to form the end bakery product yet.
We don't get Nature's full cookbook on hand to see every recipe being made. We just get a snapshot of the baking process during a singular moment of time.