# Have humans stopped evolving?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-humans-stopped-evolving/119859>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2002, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-humans-stopped-evolving/119859 "2002-07-19T19:15:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PosterChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@PosterChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PosterChild)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-humans-stopped-evolving/119859/21 "2002-07-21T15:06:48Z")

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> _Originally posted by_ **Critical1**  
> compasion has been slowly killing evolution for years. of course thats just my opinion.
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> evolution is a response to pressure, we live in a world with very little in the way of survival pressure at all.
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> I am with Frank Herbert on this subject. check out his “Dosadi Experiment” for an interesting twist or 3 on the subject.

Compasion is **part** of evolution. It’s just another trait. Besides, if anything (if I’m reading your implications right) compasion is **accelerating** evolution by increasing diversity for whenever the next random (or not so random) challenge to our species’ survival occurs.

(What do you mean by **slowly killing**? How do you “kill” evolution, and mose specifically, how do you do it **slowly**?)

PC

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**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-humans-stopped-evolving/119859/22 "2002-07-22T16:59:54Z")

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Since I started this thread late on a friday…  
:bump:

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