Question

As a human being (Homo sapiens) you are a product of evolution. List three human characteristics that you have inherited in your DNA and explain specifically how these characteristic traits have helped you to survive in your human surroundings

Answer 1

1) Bodies: As humans spread into different environments, they evolved body shapes (by genetic changes) which are responsible to help them survive in hot and cold temperature (climates). Changes diet also responsible to change in body shape.

2) Brains: As humans face new environmental challenges, they evolved larger and more complex brains (by genetic changes). Large complex brains are responsible to process and store a lot of information which have the advantages for their social interactions and complex learning.

3) Social life: Sharing foods, caring for infants, and building social networks help us to meet the daily challenges of our environments. As brains become larger and complex (as the results of genetic changes), we develop parental care and protective environment of our home. Expending social networks led to the complex social lives of modern human.