Research 4

Research 4: Sir David Attenborough is wrong – humans are still evolving  

Source:
Sir David Attenborough is wrong – humans are still evolving

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/10/david-attenborough-humans-still-evolving

My Topic:
Humans are still evolving. 

What I hope to learn from this source:
I want to know what is opponents' argument and there evidence and how people refute their idea.

Notes:

1.     David Attenborough: He believes that natural selection is halted as our survival prospects have increased. His idea is that natural selection occurs when we struggle for survival. However, as our life became much safer than that of our ancestors, he says we don't evolve anymore.      

2.  Author’s Refutation: The author(Ian Rickard) refutes Attenborough’s opinion in that natural selection’s ultimate goal is not a survival of the species. According to him, what natural selection interested in is the number of descendants an individual produces who can then pass on their genes. So we did not stop evolving just because we now live in safer environment.    

Final Thoughts:

I will use this for my refutation. I think Attenborough’s opinion represents the other’s, who believe that humans no longer evolve. However, I’ll prove that they are having wrong ideas and give them reason why we must believe that human being is still evolving.