TheDarkestNight Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 I was wondering what if there was a man that could live forever. Would he evolve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 no. evolution works over generations of a species, not on an individual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 He could, however, reproduce... and the having of offspring (as IA rightly stated) is where evolution makes its mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 no. evolution works over generations of a species, not on an individual. Not necessarily. Evolution can happen within a second, such as an instantaneous event that kills off a certain subset of individuals in a species and changes their allele frequencies. Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedI was wondering what if there was a man that could live forever. Would he evolve? If you define evolve, the answer to that will be obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Not necessarily. Evolution can happen within a second, such as an instantaneous event that kills off a certain subset of individuals in a species and changes their allele frequencies. Even then, though, the individual still won't evolve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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