Living cells communicate (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 18:29 (4422 days ago) @ dhw

I know, David, that you see humans as the culmination of the evolutionary process, and maybe they are. This would suggest that the intelligent cell has now exhausted its innovative repertoire ... whether that is God's plan or not. Alternatively, there may come a time when there are further dramatic environmental upheavals which produce further dramatic innovations. How can we ever know the full potential of the cell or of the mechanisms that govern its behaviour?-I don't know how the human body can be really improved further. We don't need more dexterous hands, or stronger muscles. Our brain IQ is improving as civilization develops further. Grow fur during the next ice age? -Evolution is really very punctuated judging from the fossil record. What can we humans jump to? So I still conclude we are the end point.