What will humans look like in the future?
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What will humans look like in the future?

ZAP Notícias28 August 2026 at 23:30

Are humans still evolving? This is the central question the article poses, questioning whether in the future there may be versions of shorter or taller humans, with different characteristics or genetically designed according to determined specifications.

The article explains that as civilization developed, modern medicine, hygiene conditions, and easy access to food reduced many of the pressures generated by natural selection that shaped the human species, such as diseases, hunger, and unfavorable environmental conditions.

However, anthropologist and evolutionary geneticist Jason Hodgson, from Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom, argues that human evolution continues "undoubtedly" to this day, contradicting the idea that human evolution has stalled.

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