in the future, and millions of years to come, are brains just going to keep developing?

Question: in the future, and millions of years to come, are brains just going to keep developing?

Asked by mayakatz to Betul, Bridget, Ceri-Wyn, Laurel, Maria on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: General.
- Laurel Fogarty answered on 16 Jun 2010:
  
  You are wondering if the brain will keep evolving. You need two things for evolution: variation and selection. If there is genetic variation in what constructs our brains (or other animals brains) and the environment is putting selective pressure on us to have a certain type of brain, then brains will keep evolving!
  I hope we evolve telepathy…
- Bridget Waller answered on 17 Jun 2010:
  
  Possibly! It all depends on whether our environment changes, and whether there will be competition to adapt to the new conditions. Remember that evolution isn’t a directed process, so brains can change without necessarily getting ‘better’ – it all depends on what we need them to do!
- Ceri-Wyn Thomas answered on 18 Jun 2010:
  
  Nobody really knows the answer to this question- it’s a very hard thing to predict. Perhaps our brains will keep developing but I’m not sure whether those developments will make us better thinkers as such. It’s too hard to guess!

Question: in the future, and millions of years to come, are brains just going to keep developing?