The first claim made in “Future Humans” is that humans are no longer evolving. Ian Tattersal believes that evolution only occurs in isolated populations: homo sapiens are now so vastly spread among the world, evolution has come to an end. He also believes the more time that passes the more homo sapiens will begin to look alike. This part of the article also discusses how natural selection is no longer applicable for humans. Natural selection is essentially “survival of the fittest”, and now thanks to medical advances even the weak can survive and live to reproduce. The second claim made states that humans are and will continue to evolve. Scientist Steven Stearns found a correlation between shorter more plump women having more children: suggesting
