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...some 100 years and whose genome was fully decoded in 2000, that first educated us far more complex human beings about the way our genes work. In essence, it was on the tiny back of the fruit fly that scientists launched a genetic revolution. (See pictures of Charles Darwin's legacy...
...gave a speech at the Geological Lecture Hall last night. Audience members lined up along the hall’s back wall as Lieberman took the stage and began his lecture, “Survival of the Swiftest, Smartest or Fattest? Human Evolution 150 Years After Darwin.” “What happened in human evolution? Are humans now evolving? What will happen in human evolution?” Lieberman asked his captive audience. “Our bodies are not entirely designed for the world that we live in, and we run into a lot of problems...
...pictures of Charles Darwin's life and discoveries...
...legacy without attracting the whiff of religious fanaticism? Point out simple inconsistencies in dinner-table debate. (Individuals don’t evolve, populations do.) Remind others that evolution is overwhelmingly uncontroversial among scientists. But, for crying out loud, don’t wax poetic about the genius of Charles Darwin or his noble purpose. You’d be doing your entire species a disservice...
This column incorrectly stated that the UK-based organization Darwin 200 had prepared an educational evolution display in the Science Center in February. In fact, the panels were put together by students from the Harvard Undergraduate Biological Sciences Society and the Organismic and Evolutionary Undergraduate Group. The Crimson regrets the error...