In a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Chicago, the genomes of 209 unrelated individuals from various different ethnic groups were analyzed. The result of this study concluded that each population had roughly 250 positively selected genes, the types of genes themselves varying from group to group. The theory of natural selection holds that traits that give an organism a survival advantage are propagated to further generations because the organisms not blessed with the helpful genes tend to not survive to produce offspring. These findings confirm what common sense would tell you, namely that human beings, like all forms of life on planet earth are constantly genetically adapting to changes in the environment. It leads one to wonder, what will a human being look in 100,000 years, or 1,000,000?

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