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Evolution

August 13th, 2020

Join Dr. Andrew Berry and Dr. Fabrizio Spagnolo as they demystify evolution by answering some of our most common questions about the intricate, vast topic — what is it? How did it come to exist? How was it discovered? Can we evolve? How would it even work? We also ask even more challenging and fun questions, plenty of which will be sure to leave us mind blown! Watch our Townhall to find out all you wanted to know about evolution!

Guest Speakers

Information coming soon!

Dr. Andrew Berry

Evolutionary Biologist

Organismic and Evolutionary Biologist (Ph.D), Harvard University

Dr. Fabrizio Spagnolo

Ecologist

Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (Ph.D), Columbia University

Question Index

1. 7:28 - How did evolution come to exist and who actually discovered it? How did they even do that? 2. 9:44 - If humans evolved from monkeys, the how come monkeys still exist? 3. 12:42 - How do you think climate change is going to affect the evolution of humans and other organisms? 4. 15:36 - Why is evolution referred to as a theory if there's so much evidence to prove it? 5. 17:49 - What does it actually mean when something evolves? 6. 20:05 - How is race related to evolution? Why do some people evolve to have darker skin than other people? Does culture have anything to do with it? 7. 23:34 - Can humans evolve into a different living thing? If something drastic happens and we had to live underground, would we evolve into something else? 8. 25:19 - How might new technology affect evolution? It seems like natural selection for humans doesn't really apply anymore since we have so many medical treatments and devices to improve our lives. 9. 27:50 - Does evolution ever result in extinction? 10. 29:10 - Is it true that fish turned into people? If so, how long did that take? 11. 31:49 - Can you name any situations where evolution just doesn't happen? 12. 34:07 - Where did bacteria come from? What is archaea? 13. 36:54 - What actually makes living things evolve? 14. 39:43 - How do human diseases evolve to become more resistant? Does a living thing ever stop evolving? Are humans always evolving (in fact, are we evolving right now)? 15. 42:57 - What are new social species? Do you think that they are current to our circumstances as a species (i.e. Are global warming, large population size, etc. pushing us toward becoming new social species)? 16. 46:43 - If all species are constantly evolving, and new species come about, at what point do you consider these organisms (who have new adaptations) a new species? 17. 48:54 - Is it possible for a species to evolve back into the original species that they used to be? 18. 51:30 - What does evolution look like in the face of a really rapidly changing world for both humans and non-humans? 19. 53:53 - How has the use of DNA impacted and changed the way that scientists study evolution? 20. 56:15 - What is your favorite case of evolution?
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