Benjamin Phelan "How We Evolve"

Human evolution... did it or will it ever happen? I'm not sure. I agree with Phelan's thought that it probably won't because we pretty much put a halt on survival of the fittest. Humans cure the sick, save the dying, and mating is no longer something that males fight over. In fact, mating has almost gone out of control because in my opinion, the world is veryy close to becoming overpopulated.

Phelan's idea of "self-inflicted extinction" is also probably as close to true as possible. Humans are literally destroying the planet. With the emissions of greenhouse gasses, oil spills that flood habitats, deforestation and as a result, global warming, it looks like planet Earth is doomed. Maybe not now, maybe not soon, but definitely sometime. However, some efforts have and are being made to prevent the further increasing demise of the planet because as intelligent beings, "we are aware of evolution, which changes our relationship to it."