HampshireSeagulls
Moulding Generation Z
this one is for my dear friend hampshire seagull ,
no more rowing and i concede to your intelligence sir , but could you clear one little thing up for me .
all the white australians that live in australia will they over a period of time become aborigines .
i am not rowing or trying to be smart but i would like to get my head around it
Theoretically and genetically yes, it should happen. However, because of changes in the way we live, and the way that we moderate our own environment, it is quite unlikely it would progress that far. Living in air conditioned houses, working in air conditioned offices, dressing for comfort, using sun protection, etc, etc will mitigate the changes. The aborigines are more likely to evolve towards a white stereotype as they assimilate into that culture - only the ones who try to sustain a native culture stand a chance of maintaining their own lines.
Easiest way of looking at this is to look at people who work outside for a living. My dad was a brickie - his skin is like leather, he is still now permanently tanned, despite not having laid a brick in anger in over 15 years - he evolved to his work situation. His muscles developed to cope with the work, but at the same time he, like many other brickies, developed a hunched-over posture. He is like a million other brickies who have "evolved" like this. People who work inside tend to have softer skin, softer hands, etc, etc. I've been in an "inside" environment for a few years now, and I've noticed that I prefer air conditioning, I expect to sit down, my fitness drops off - it's like micro-evolution.