You make a good point
mattison0922. I was just throwing something out there anyways.
These alleles don't disappear. They persist and increase within the population. So, in essence, the removal of selective pressure allows
undesirable genes to proliferate within a population. Genes for bad eyesight proliferate when vision correction occurs on a large scale... same goes
for other undesirable genes.
Wouldn't that not make it adaptation not evolution? And man-made adaptation at that? It seems with invention, the human self degrades.
The enviroment has a big part in evo., but with trying to fix problems, we are actually making them more promanent.
I guess we are still evolving to an extent. The domanant genes will eventually take over compared to the ressesive. So in 500 years, expect us all
to be short, and hairless.
[edit on 26-2-2005 by E L E M E N T]