Changing Climate Could Mean Webbed Feet For Future Humans

  • 8 years ago
A paleoanthropologist in the U.K. has predicted that humans could evolve to develop webbed hands and feet, cat-like eyes, and smaller lungs if they are forced to live in or around water given sea level rises; he also described new features related to two other extreme scenarios.

Environmental changes are causing animals to adapt, and one scientist believes humans may be no exception. 
According to U.K. paleoanthropologist Dr. Matthew Skinner, rising sea levels could cause people to develop new features in order to survive in or around larger quantities of water. 
They include

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