• Question: If you could evolve to have any special features what would you choose?

    Asked by Kallanwakawaka to Angela, Claire, Ian, Robert, Sarah on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Ian Cade

      Ian Cade answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Individuals don’t evolve!

      However, if I wanted to selectively breed a particular trait into my descendants, I think ‘a longer healthy life’ should be doable.

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      … and wings

    • Photo: Angela Stokes

      Angela Stokes answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Hi there Kallanwakawaka

      As Ian has pointed out, an individual can’t evolve, but if I personally could choose something for the human race to evolve into, I think I would like us to breathe other gases so that we can investigate outer space more easily.

    • Photo: Sarah Harris

      Sarah Harris answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Actual ability of individuals to evolve aside, it would be really cool to have a navigation system like migrating birds, because my sense of direction is so awful. Or the ability to change my hair colour/appearance at will, like the character Nymphadora Tonks in Harry Potter 🙂

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