Chapter 14 Study Guide
Contemplate
Be sure to incorporate concepts that you have learned in previous chapters in your answers.
- Could you envision different populations of future humans as different species? Why or why not?
- How might our changing climate affect our evolution?
- What domestic animal traits are acceptable to attempt to “fix” via genetic engineering? Genetic diseases? Muscle enhancement? Others?
- What human traits are acceptable to attempt to “fix” via genetic engineering? Genetic diseases? Muscle enhancement? Others?
- If humans form a colony on Mars, would you expect their evolutionary pace to change? If so, how?
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