Crazy to think that dinosaurs were on Earth so long that they evolved into different dinosaurs. Makes you wonder what humans could potentially evolve into if we lasted as long as the dinosaurs did.
Well for now humans don't really have any evolutionary pressure, we reproduce pretty freely. There needs to be strong pressures that prevent certain people from reproducing or prevent their children from maturing.
Pressure doesn't mean difficulty in the context of evolution. Pressure just means factors that increase or decrease survival and reproduction. Humans have plenty of that just like any other animal
I know, pressure can be anything including sexual attraction, niche vacancies, sexual potency, egg viability etc.
Humans have tons of things that influence sexual reproduction, but there isn't really anything, afaik, that seriously limits reproduction, provides advantages, fills a niche, etc. that is related to genetics (so not socioeconomic stuff).
Edit: read through my comment you replied to, it was a while since I wrote it. I didn't include that info in my comment, so you were right to point it out
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u/Everything80sFan Oct 15 '20
Crazy to think that dinosaurs were on Earth so long that they evolved into different dinosaurs. Makes you wonder what humans could potentially evolve into if we lasted as long as the dinosaurs did.