• Question: Is it possible that (over millions of years) humans could evole into a winged mammal and learn to fly?

    Asked by einstienz to Audra, Fiona, Gavin, Justin, Steve on 14 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by meganmoult, daredevilsyl.
    • Photo: Justin Lawley

      Justin Lawley answered on 13 Mar 2012:


      I don’t know for sure but I am going to take an educated guess and say no. I don’t know is someone could spontaneously develop wings but if they did evolution by natural selection occurs because one species survives because of a spesific charicteristic it has. If somehow some humans did develop wings it is doubtfull they would thrive anymore than normal humans as we do not need to fly to get food or reproduce. Indeed, many humans my not want to reproduce with another human who has wings lol…

    • Photo: Fiona Hatch

      Fiona Hatch answered on 14 Mar 2012:


      As with Justin’s answer, no one can say for sure, but I would say no.

      The reason for this is that humans try to change the environment around them and so if we wanted to fly we would build a plane.

      But you never know over a few million years everything and anything is possible…

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