Evolution on the Environment

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Presently, the Earth that we are living in now has evolved though the past billons of years and is yet on the process of changing for the future. Each single step and decision we make plays a part on the upcoming organisms/generations living on this planet. Evolution plays a role on how the Earth never remains constant. Evolution is “a theory that the differences between modern plants and animals are because of changes that happened by a natural process over a very long time” (Merriam Webster). It is known to occur not to individuals on its own, but to populations as a whole. Humans have been part of Earth for a while now and due to their presence a misleading idea that humans are the “highest point” in the evolution of the vertebrates would be established. Moreover, discoveries that have been made in the last few decades brings humanity to a point where people think that they are the most evolved they can get. However, these claims are wrong. We cannot put an endpoint on evolution. Evolution will always be part of our natural life. Therefore, humans are not the “highest point” in the evolution of the vertebrates.
The environment will always have an affect on humans and the same vice versa. The way that humans treat the environment will have an affect on how the environment shapes us. Due to human activity, the environment is not always changing for the better. According to the Hall of Humans from the Museum of Natural History, “The atmosphere is getting hotter, wild habitats are disappearing […] ultimately threatening quality of life and even survival”. It is also stated within the Hall of Humans that “human populations might once again become small and isolated and a new species might then emerge […]”. Experts claim that due to environmental changes it can directly manipulate the human genome. If the human genome is affected, it is possible that some humans can be separated from others. Once separated, there is a chance of developing a new separate species. Thus, these changes present a new point in the evolution of the vertebrates, which shows that there is no end to evolution and it’s a constant process that will continuously occur,
Over the course of many years humans have evolved. Gorillas and chimps and other apes had a special DNA sequence that is different from humans today.

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