Evolution and humanity are kind of freaking me out. It's like nothing matters, but everything matters. Everything changes. We're all mutable. How did i get here? Think of all the people that had to mate in for me to be alive right now. What have i even done with my day? Anyway? What is it about the lineran system of taxonomy that you dig?
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