Survival of the Swiftest, Smartest, or Fattest? Human Evolution 150 Years After Darwin March 5, 2009

Survival of the Swiftest, Smartest, or Fattest? Human Evolution 150 Years After Darwin
Lecture by Daniel Lieberman
March 5, 6:00pm

150 years after Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," we can trace major episodes of natural selection that resulted in modern humans. Harvard Professor Daniel Lieberman explains how many of the adaptations that enabled us to succeed can now impair and even threaten our species' survival. Part of Darwin Year Events, just a short walk from Harvard Station.

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