
In modern times, in the last one or two centuries depending of the technology development, our lives have changed tremendously by gaining control over nature. The advent of vaccines, antibiotics, antivirals, and better sanitation has dramatically reduced our physiological challenges. In the present day we enjoy a much more secure food supply than we did a hundred or a thousand years ago.
We live at a time where cultural evolution can be very, very, very rapid, but our biological evolution seems relatively stunted and it's pretty normal. But why is this? Why is everything about our civilization changing constantly, except our bodies? Biologist and author Sean B. Carroll unveils why biology isn’t evolving as rapidly as culture.
The presentations chapters are:
- 00:00 - Human life in modern times
- 00:25 - Gaining control over nature
- 01:58 - The productivity of agriculture
- 02:45 - Is our species evolving?
- 04:28 - Slow biological evolution