It is fascinating to learn about how living things have adapted to a changing Earth. That said, when one looks at differences in current people and fossils of our past ancestors, it is interesting to see differences in size, shape of the skull, and other humanoid features. It is also interesting to compare other Primates with man, such as apes and orangatans. Evolution is ongoing and natural selection weeds out the least adapted individuals, making way for the "fittest" individuals to survive and reproduce. It would be interesting to see how humans would look in the future, if one could time travel. - See more at: http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/do-you-think-study-human-evolution-important-400754#sthash.U9hbnhSz.dpuf