A group of scientists has created Mindy – a girl representing the future of humanity – carrying a chilling forecast about how the human body will continue to evolve over millions of years.
Study Finds has painted a shocking portrait of the future human based on analyses from several scientists about how our bodies will evolve to adapt to a modern lifestyle that increasingly relies on technology.
According to a survey in the United States, modern humans spend about 7 hours a day connected to internet devices, and this is predicted to impact the evolutionary process – just as different demands for food hunting and survival have changed humanity since ancient times.
This model is called “Miss Mindy,” depicting the human form in 2100, characterized by a hump on her back, as well as neck muscles that are strained from sitting for hours in front of a computer screen and craning her neck to look at her smartphone.
Caleb Backe, a health expert at Maple Holistics, explains that spending hours looking at a phone can cause stiffness in your neck and lead to spinal misalignment. Consequently, the muscles in the neck overwork to support your head. Sitting for long periods in front of a computer also causes your torso to lean forward more than when sitting up straight.
Humans will undergo significant changes by 2100 if smartphone use continues to increase, according to scientists.
Mindy’s changes don’t stop there. Her skull becomes thicker to protect her brain from the radio wave emissions from smartphones.
Recent theoretical studies indicate that a sedentary lifestyle leads to a decline in human brain capacity. In a three-dimensional model, Mindy’s brain shrinks, and her hands become claw-like due to fixed postures, with her elbows tending to bend at 90 degrees from holding a phone.
“How we hold our phones can create pressure at certain contact points, leading to ‘claw hand’ and ’90-degree elbow’, also known as carpal tunnel syndrome, says Dr. Djordjevic from Med Alert Help.
The final change to Mindy’s body is four eyelids to filter out excess light from technology devices. Kasun Ratnayake from the University of Toledo suggests that this fundamental evolution could limit harmful light exposure to the eyes.
Humans might develop a larger inner eyelid to restrict excessive light or the pupil may evolve to only block blue light, without limiting longer wavelengths like green, yellow, or red light.
Although Mindy’s model is extreme and designed to shock, it provides a visual representation of bodily changes according to scientific research.
According to Jason O’Brien, CEO of TollFreeForwarding.com, technology offers us convenience, connectivity, entertainment, and many other benefits, but it also comes with trade-offs. Overusing technology can harm our health.
