Evolution

As I read Darwin's thoughts about evolution, I began to analyze myself. Darwin writes, "The jaws, together with their muscles, would then have been reduced through disuse, as would the teeth through the not well understood principles of correlation and the economy of growth; for we everywhere see that parts which are no longer of services are reduced in size" (268). This statement made me think about my forearms in particular. As I compare my features to that of a gorilla or a caveman, I realize that the caveman's forearms have a much larger circumference than mine despite the fact that I workout. As I pondered I realized that my forearms are not regularly employed in starting fires, scooping water from streams, or carving meat off the corpses of animals. As I considered that fact, I began to accept the fact that I would rather live in my cushy life than to gain circumference on my forearms. Over the years of non-use of the forearms, they have reduced in size as they are no longer of constant service.