Human evolution

I was listening to a scientist on a radio show. One of the things he said that got me thinking was that human bodies are still going through the journey of evolution and that our knees are perhaps a good proof of this. We all know that one of the first problems we encounter in our ability to move around are our knees. It is as if they are imperfect and have yet to achieve a better arrangement. Humans went from walking on four limbs to two, freeing up the hands with which we did wonders. But the erected back also created problems for the birth canal, restricting it and causing many deaths during birth. Humans evolved with it and the deaths have decreased significantly.

The idea of evolution being continuous doesn't receive its fair share of attention. We are always in that phase. There is a next destination of evolution that we have to get to. That goes for our brains too. And while we like to tap ourselves on the........

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