American evolutionary biologist at Rice University and author of Future Humans — which explores how human evolution continues in the modern era — making evolutionary genetics accessible to general audiences.
Makes the case that human evolution has not stopped in modernity but has actually accelerated — due to larger populations, new environments, and changes in what traits are selected for — overturning the common assumption that modern medicine and technology have halted natural selection.
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