Jan 21 2013, 01:06 AM
Matt, post: 84301, member: 178 Wrote:Cool topic. If they're genetically engineered, does that still make them fully human?
Apparently, from one anthropological perspective, it depends on whether they can cook.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...h-science/
Quote:[SIZE=12px]Eating like our ancestors may prevent modern diseases of overconsumption, but cooking is, after all, what drove our evolution this far.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px]So what is the next step? And is there still room for us to evolve? (Read aboutfour ways we may, or may not, evolve.)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px]Herculano-Houzel thinks so. Human brain size "may not be capped out yet," she said. "Over the last couple of centuries our body size has increased due mainly to changes in our diet, to increased access to better nutrition."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12px]She added that we could continue to evolve bigger and bigger brains—with the right diet. What exactly that is, however, is still a matter of taste.[/SIZE]