i'm a big believer that lamark, you know, has been overly vilified. I mean, la mark's theory was the first kind of full and coherent theory of evolution that evolved involved a mechanism for how it occurred. And so even if he was wrong, he got people talking, and he got people thinking,. He got people like darwin thinking about why he waswrong, and that moved things forward. So, um, ye, i'm a big fan of la mark. He did a lot of things right. Um, he just happened to be wrong about how traits am changed and how they were passed down through the generations. What about epigenetics? How dou fel
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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