Are we evolving as a species?

PMH Atwater's book "Children of the New Millennium" says that all of us are evolving to what she calls 'the fifth root race, or "Blue" race':

And the "blue race" has specifically been mentioned in some prophesies as the quantum leap that would evolve from within the midst of the human family during the final years of the Piscean age. Supposedly, this "fifth race" would be as unlike its predecessors as crystal is unlike clay. Zodiacal cycles, or ages, are approximately 2,160 years long. After the third millennium begins, and by the year 2,020, we will enter the long-awaited age of Aquarius, presumably a time when the rigors of science will join with the wisdom of inner knowing to produce societies dedicated to the economics of shared projects and international achievement, rather than to the wanton violence and enslavement of dictatorships.
The members of the blue race, as the architects of the Aquarian age, are said to be exceptionally aware, highly developed both intuitively and intellectually, and comfortable with ambiguity and complex challenges, thus made to order for the demands of the twenty-first century. Visionary traditions also refer to differences in their biological structure-unusual digestive systems and allergies, differences in eyesight, heightened faculties, a noticeable sensitivity to foods, light, sound, and energy fields, plus an amazing ability to function with the least amount of stress during difficult situations.
Descriptions of the blue race are resonant with the typical after effect characteristics of the average child experiencer of near-death states, as well as with what pediatricians worldwide are reporting about the newest crop of infants.

Excerpt: "Esoteric Teachings of Soul Evolution

Through the Awakening of the Human Mind"

PMH Atwater also said that are a 'few' indigo's coming now as starters for the 6th Root race, which is Indigo, but not many, and all of us are evolving into 'the blue' vibration.

Esoteric Teachings of Soul Evolution Through the Awakening of the Human Mind
Root Race	Levels of Energy	States of Awareness	Types of Consciousness
First	Red	Physical	Physical: the earthplane; survival issues and individual power
Second	Orange	Astral	Astral: invisible "blueprints"; inner guidance and heightened sensitivity
Third	Yellow	Mental Concrete	Mental:the intellect; decision making and personal will
Fourth	Green	Mental Abstract	Buddhic: awakening to spirit; initial enlightenment and enlarged worldview
Fifth	Blue	Higher Intuition	Atmic: self as individual; enlightened knowing and wisdom
Sixth	Indigo	Inspiration	Monadic: fully individuated; the indivisible whole
Seventh	Violet	Spiritual	Divine: aligned with soul power; surrender to God's Will

Madame Blavatsky, the pioneer of the Theosophical movement in America, also predicted the formation of a new race:

"We are at the close of the cycle of 5,000 years of the present Aryan Kali Yuga or dark age. This will be succeeded by an age of light. Even now under our very eyes, the new Race or Races are preparing to be formed, and that is in America that the transformation will take place, and has already silently commenced. This Race will be altered in mentality and will move toward a more perfect spiritual existence."

Another important quote:

The idea that I wish to expound in this booklet is that cooperation between angelic beings and men will play an important part in the development of the new race which is now appearing in the world, and that even now it is an actual possibility...
As history ever repeats itself, we may safely expect that, in the cycle of human life that is now opening, angels will once more walk and work with men. Already that spirit of unity and brotherhood which, despite our apparent separateness, is silently but steadily influencing our lives and times, is drawing together the human and angelic branches of the family of God. The labors of birth are surely drawing to a close. Mother Earth is even now being delivered of her youngest child; the new race is appearing, and the new civilization being built. No single continent will nurture the growing child, for the new race will people the whole earth. The birth and dwelling place of the children of the coming age will be of little moment, for they will be citizens of the world. Their glowing eyes will pierce the differences of color and of race, for, in their hearts, they will know mankind as one.

"Angels and The New Race", by Geoffrey Hodson

http://5world.net/5thrace.html

A final significant quote:

Now, how are these children different? Science has not yet figured out exactly what the specific DNA change is that has taken place in this new race, but it is obvious that one has happened. First of all, these children have a different liver than ours, which means there has to be a DNA change. This liver change is, naturally, a response to the new foods we are eating. The new liver is designed to eat, of all things, junk food!Sound funny? Why? We would all become increasingly unhealthy or even die if we continued to eat these kinds of foods on a long-term basis. What happens to cockroaches when you feed them poison? At first they get sick and die, but then they mutate, change their DNA and end up loving our poisons. We have to keep changing our poisons because they keep adapting to them. Do you think that human beings are any different? We continue to feed our kids poisonous junk food, so they have to adapt to survive.
But this liver change is nothing compared to the other revisions in human nature and genetics. First of all, these Indigo children are brilliant. They have an IQ that averages around 130, and I do mean average, as many of these kids are way up in the genius range of 160 or higher. A 130 IQ is not a genius, but it used to be that only one person in 10,000 had it. Now it is becoming normal. The intelligence of the human race has just jumped into a new range.
Doctors and psychologists studying these children have found that the computer seems to be an extension of these kids' brains. They are far more able to function within the parameters of computer software than anyone ever before. Where this will lead we can only speculate.
What I find fascinating about these brilliant new kids is that our teachers and the educational system found them defective when judging this new human race. In the beginning our educational system didn't realize they were so intelligent. They have actually thought they were problematic.
They diagnosed them with attention deficit disorder (ADD) because they thought they could not stay focused. The problem is now becoming clear. It is not the children; it is the educational system itself that is not prepared to educate these gifted children. The children are simply bored with the speed and nature of the delivery and the content of the information. We need to adapt to this exciting new race of children. Give an Indigo child who has been tagged as ADD or ADHD something to study that he or she is interested in, and you will see the brilliance unfold before your eyes. There is so much we need to learn in order to allow the great potential of these kids to come to light.
It is clear to people studying these children that they also have very heightened psychic abilities. They can literally read their parents' minds. They know what you are thinking. These and other differences you can read about in The Indigo Children have led researchers to realize that a new way of raising these children is mandatory. If you have had a child or are raising a child born after 1984, you need to read this book.
Who the Indigo children are, of course, is in great debate. Many psychics are saying that they are coming from the indigo ray, a very high level of consciousness not of this Earth. I also feel this is true, for when I first met the angels in 1971 they began talking about these new children that would come in the future and change the world. They told me many details about them that are coming true at this time.
Also, many psychics I have discussed this subject with feel that there are actually two different cosmic sources for these children. One is the indigo ray and the other is the deep-blue ray, similar but different. Wherever they come from, it definitely is a diversion from the normal human evolutionary track.

The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life, Volume II, by Drunvalo Melchizedek

"Arise, transcend thyself. Thou art man and the whole nature of man is to become more than himself."
- Sri Aurobindo