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From survival of the fittest to survival of all: Is evolution over?

By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Noel King, Nik Sindle

Thursday, October 9 2008

As medicine, technology and culture advance, we’ve gone from survival of the fittest to survival of just about everyone. Evolution is about weeding out the weak and ensuring that the strong survive. But geneticist Steve Jones thinks our advances have effectively put an end to natural selection.

Guest: Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics at University College London
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This (erroneously) presumes there is a random mix of couples throughout the population.

Posted by ty, 1:52 p.m. Thursday, October 9 2008 Permalink

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