Still Waters Posted July 4, 2013 #1 Share Posted July 4, 2013 It might sound more like science fiction than a serious prediction, but a biologist has suggested that humans could one day evolve to grow beaks. Dr Gareth Fraser, of Sheffield University, said a beak would be “more robust and practical” than teeth and would not rot, chip or fall out. We will not be seeing beaked humans in our lifetime, however, as any evolutionary change in which the teeth fused together to form a tough, pointy bill, would not happen for several million more years. http://www.telegraph...t-predicts.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Terreur Posted July 4, 2013 #2 Share Posted July 4, 2013 i just read that 5min earlier in a scottish online newspaper....pity they didn't give an "artist's impression" with the article.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted July 4, 2013 Author #3 Share Posted July 4, 2013 i just read that 5min earlier in a scottish online newspaper....pity they didn't give an "artist's impression" with the article.... lol..I'm not so sure I want to see what we're supposed to end up looking like 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Terreur Posted July 5, 2013 #4 Share Posted July 5, 2013 lol..I'm not so sure I want to see what we're supposed to end up looking like !!!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo_04 Posted July 5, 2013 #5 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Will be like angry birds haha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Terreur Posted July 5, 2013 #6 Share Posted July 5, 2013 "best to be killed with fire"....!!! cool pic, where is that from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted July 5, 2013 #7 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Laying eggs is also more "robust and practical", but I don't see that happening to us any eon soon.... Beaks are marks of a "specialist" species... and humans are "generalists"... they would destroy our language skills and who knows what else, plus genetically speaking - if we were going to do that, we would already have some genetic markers in that direction... I'm not sure just what this guy was smoking when he came up with this idea... but I don't want any!... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino666 Posted July 5, 2013 #8 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Some people already have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatsinausername Posted July 5, 2013 #9 Share Posted July 5, 2013 What a load of nonsense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woopypooky Posted July 5, 2013 #10 Share Posted July 5, 2013 sex would be so much less fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendy Demon Posted July 5, 2013 #11 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Unless our diet radically changed there would be no evolutionary an biological advantage for a simian species like us to have beaks. Even though some species of birds have ridges inside their beaks that serve as "teeth" so to speak, our particular evolutionary path took us far away from even the barest prospect. Actually it would seem our entire skull would undergo a major makeover to accommodate the muscles needed for beaks, especially if they are used to crack open hard things like brazil nuts or whatever. Personally I would prefer longer canines...and claws. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted July 5, 2013 #12 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I think the evolutionary need for speech will far outweigh the need to transition to a beak. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarakore Posted July 5, 2013 #13 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Haven't we already had Beaker people? The article also mentions growing as many teeth as we want back in 50 years? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Feet Posted July 5, 2013 #14 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Could birds grow lips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyDontYouBeliEveMe Posted July 5, 2013 #15 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Within a few milion years wll grow wings and fly to heaven ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Merton Posted July 5, 2013 #16 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I don't think we will need speech much longer; texting now happens between kids in the same room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A rather obscure Bassoon Posted July 5, 2013 #17 Share Posted July 5, 2013 (edited) Big Bird coming to an evolutionary tree near you soon. Seriously,what a load of twaddle. Edited July 5, 2013 by shaddow134 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted July 5, 2013 #18 Share Posted July 5, 2013 And pigs will grow wings and fly out of my *** 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshadow60 Posted July 5, 2013 #19 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Is this a joke? Good grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc14 Posted July 5, 2013 #20 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I don't think we will need speech much longer; texting now happens between kids in the same room. LOL. You're right. A better evolutionary jump would be skinny little hard tipped fingers that can type rapid;y on tiny little screens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod222 Posted July 5, 2013 #21 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Does this "scientist" actually have any clue as to how evolution is supposed to work?? His theory would only apply under the assumption that mankind collectively moves back to the stoneage, where biological features have a direct effect on reproduction. Otherwise, it is worth the pixels it appears on your screen on. Friggin ridiculous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equus hemionus Posted July 5, 2013 #22 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I realy don't think they mean to call us all peckers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic Chicken Posted July 5, 2013 #23 Share Posted July 5, 2013 If I pout my lips like all those girls in the high-gravity club photo's, I don't have to wait for this evolution! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharma warrior Posted July 5, 2013 #24 Share Posted July 5, 2013 So much for oral sex. Peck job just doesn't have the same ring to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GirlfromOz Posted July 5, 2013 #25 Share Posted July 5, 2013 (edited) Forget Darwinism.Forget all the lies you have been told.Evolution is a lie! Even Piltdown man was a hoax! There is no connection with man & caveman.We can't grow beaks either because we are what we are!Get real!We were created in the image of God! Wow! Why would we want to argue with that?We are the supreme beings that God the Father created in his image! Edited July 5, 2013 by GirlfromOz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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