Even after millions of years of evolution, we still
have physical and emotional responses that we can trace back to our early
ancestors. For example, fight or flight responses. These were, and
still are, a necessity of survival, but we don't rely on them as much
today. We still have genetic coding that is, essentially, useless.
It makes sense that we would still have remnants of aesthetic taste from our
ancestors as well, which explains why even with a multitude of tastes and
aesthetic views, we can find common ground in certain aspects of beauty, such
as symmetry and color. However, the question that comes to my mind is
this: If certain responses have been dulled or lost all together from our early
ancestors, will our similarities in tastes be lost as well? With so many
views of beauty, will any trace of the similarities of taste that seem to be
found in the majority of people be lost as evolution, in both our society and
any physical aspects, takes place?
Evolution itself takes millions of years, so if
after millions of years we find certain ancient hand-me-downs dulled or lost
all together, where will that put our aesthetic taste in the next century?
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