Biologists suggest that the use of smartphones can lead to a change in the shape of the brush
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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World experts in the field of biology and medicine assure that the regular daily use of smartphones in a few centuries or millennia will affect the shape of the human hand: over time, the hand will naturally "adapt" for better and more comfortable use of the mobile device.
As specialists in evolutionary biology clarify, transformational modifications will occur gradually, over the course of not one generation - therefore, they can be noticed only by conducting a comparative characteristic. According to scientists, the thumb on the upper limb will become sharper, the palm will get a more flattened and oblique view - for the convenient location of the mobile device in it. In this case, the other fingers can also change and acquire a "hook-like" appearance. Thus, the brush will become more functional.
The assumptions of evolutionary biologists are also confirmed by specialists from other fields of biology and medicine. An excellent example of such changes can be the transformation of people from the family of progressive primates to the present appearance. Scientists are sure that it was the fact that the hominids had to make efforts to retain and use all kinds of tools of labor and hunting, led to the fact that the shape of the human hand took exactly that form that we can contemplate now. Given this, as well as the circumstances and needs of modern people, experts believe such a version of the modification is plausible and plausible.
In addition to the hands and fingers of the upper limbs, scientists predict a number of other changes in the human body. For example, the widespread use of smartphones, laptops, tablets and all sorts of other gadgets often leads to impaired vision, to pain in the wrist, to convulsive contractions of the neck muscles, etc. In many people, such symptoms cause a feeling of discomfort when using modern technology. As a result of this constant discomfort, the human body can trigger adaptation mechanisms, which sooner or later will lead to the next evolutionary coil, which will affect the entire human body.
Scientists do not exclude that, due to intensive technological development, the adaptation processes will affect the human brain - it will become more productive. However, specialists predict that the memory and cognitive abilities of a person worsen.
Indeed, despite the opinion of many, a person has not ceased to evolve. Expressed the changes we can not see, because for the comparative evaluation, it takes much more time than let for us for life. At the same time, scientists argue that many changes are almost impossible to predict. If civilization continues to advance in the current direction and at a modern pace, then obvious changes will occur over the next two hundred thousand years.
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