Charles darwin was born in england in the early 18 hundreds. His father was a superrich doctor. He tried go to medical school, but he hated it. It took him years of tankering and rewriting an illness that may or may not have been shagis disease from a parasite on something called an assassin bug. But finally, he published his on the origin of species, his book, in 18 59. And his diaries were made into a popular the voyage of the beagle.
Celebrate your lucky mutations with an episode about natural selection, agonizing boat trips, redemption stories, olde timey inter-family marriages, how much money you can make playing videos games, finch beaks, whether or not cave men are kinda hot and how to live on a small island with your soulmate. Evolutionary biologist and the director of the Moore Lab of Zoology, John McCormack, chats about all things evolution and gives Alie a new appreciation for how genetic blips can be hidden strengths.
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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris
Music by Nick Thorburn