By Emily Slater, News Editor
“The people of tomorrow will not be the same as the people of today,” said Scott Solomon, professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Scientific Communication at Rice University and author of Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution.
Solomon gave a book talk at the Lone Star College System’s Bayou City Book Festival, a weeklong event taking place across the LSC campuses, beginning on April 3 with “Mystery Monday” at LSC-Montgomery and culminating with Friday’s Saturday’s events at LSC-Kingwood.
In his book, Future Humans, Solomon discusses the ongoing evolution of man.
Future Humans Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution by Scotto Solomon. Apr 8. Photo by Michelle Lecumberry.
“People think of evolution as something that happened a long time ago, but as an evolutionary biologist, I see it as an ongoing process,” said Solomon during his presentation talk in LSC-Kingwood’s Student Conference Center.
First-year LSC-Kingwood student Thomas Stillman said, “I found it interesting to hear Dr. Solomon talk about the potential future of mankind and if we’d keep evolving or not.”
During his talk, Solomon outlined the ways humans are continuing to evolve, through natural selection, sexual selection, globalization, and modernization.
First year LSC-Kingwood student Melanie Quijano said, ““[Solomon] was brave enough to speculate about the future of humans through evolution,” first year LSC-Kingwood student Melanie Quijano said, “I learned a lot of interesting stuff, too, like that a study found that women choose men based on their scent and women that are taking birth control are losing that ability.”
Scott Solomon signs copies of his book Future Humans Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution by Scotto Solomon. Apr. 8 Photo by Keyla Lerma.
Solomon noted that his book is not science fiction and doesn’t try to say where human evolution is headed, “taking what we know about the past and present and applying it to our future.”
