Time spent outdoors is the best defence against rising rates of short-sightedness, but scientists are searching for other ways to reverse the troubling trend.
I guess it proves humans as a whole are focusing more on screens, books, and other short visions tasks
For me it tells me that nature is not selecting good vision anymore. We are fixing our vision on the side of evolution. If this trait is easy to pass on, it doesn’t take many generations.
A near-sighted hawk will never survive to live even a short life beyond its childhood nest. But we have glasses…
Humanity will only suffer more and more ailments as medicine gets better and better, is my prediction. As long as the afflicted individuals have time to breed before dying.
I’m only a layman though. Evolution isn’t my field. I might be talking out of my ass.
For me it tells me that nature is not selecting good vision anymore. We are fixing our vision on the side of evolution. If this trait is easy to pass on, it doesn’t take many generations.
A near-sighted hawk will never survive to live even a short life beyond its childhood nest. But we have glasses…
Humanity will only suffer more and more ailments as medicine gets better and better, is my prediction. As long as the afflicted individuals have time to breed before dying.
I’m only a layman though. Evolution isn’t my field. I might be talking out of my ass.