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Are human beings still evolving?

Professor Christopher Dye · Gresham College

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About

Homo sapiens have been around for 250,000 years - surely long enough to have become fully evolved? It was thought that the dramatic extension of life spans during the 20th century eliminated natural selection, but new evidence shows that to be false. Will selection always be natural, or could postmodern also mean posthuman?

The talk

  1. Are human beings still evolving? 2009-03-26 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Christopher Dye
Year
2009
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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