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What Do Our Genes Reveal About Our Past? w/ Richard Dawkins [Ep. 458]
Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Songs, Aesthetics, and Evolution
This chapter examines how songbirds learn their songs through a unique blend of genetic templates and trial-and-error, while also considering the aesthetic connections in nature. It further explores the coexistence of old and new creations in both art and the universe, and highlights convergent evolution through the parallel development of eye traits in octopuses and humans.
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