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The Evolution of Evolution

The Evolution of Evolution

FromBig Picture Science


The Evolution of Evolution

FromBig Picture Science

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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Sep 12, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

ENCORE Darwinian evolution is adaptive and slow … millennia can go by before a species changes very much. But with the tools of genetic engineering we can now make radical changes in just one generation. By removing genes or inserting new ones, we can give an organism radically different traits and behaviors. We are taking evolution into our own hands. It all began with the domestication of plants and animals, which one science writer says created civilization. Today, as humans tinker with their own genome, is it possible we will produce Homo sapiens 2.0? Also, what happens to those species who can’t control their destiny? How climate change is forcing the biggest genetic reshuffling in recorded history. Guests: •   Richard Francis – Science writer, author of Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World •   Juan Enriquez – Academic, businessman, author, founding director of the Life Sciences Project, Harvard Business School, managing director, Excel Venture Management, and author of Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth •   Jessica Hellmann – Biologist, University of Notre Dame
Released:
Sep 12, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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