4 Ways Humans Are Still Evolving
4 Ways Humans Are Still Evolving
When we think about evolution, we typically think about big changes that happened long ago, but we humans are still evolving!
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Growing Taller
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When we think about evolution, we typically think about big changes that happened long ago, but we humans are still evolving!
Hosted by: Olivia Gordon
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org
— Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow
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Beating the Heat
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ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/mutationsanddisorders/evolution
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3924073/
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Arsenic in the Andes
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Growing Taller
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Alzheimers
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www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/02/07/692088371/living-near-your-grandmother-has-evolutionary-benefits
www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/11/anti-alzheimer-s-gene-may-have-led-rise-grandparents
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www.istockphoto.com/photo/biology-gm1178200847-329216752
www.videoblocks.com/video/aero-beautiful-nature-and-the-river-segagwo3it7hqvhi
www.istockphoto.com/photo/abstract-particles-gm1160645020-317757905
www.istockphoto.com/photo/salar-de-talar-and-surrounding-volcanoes-atacama-desert-chile-gm175189565-22586416
www.istockphoto.com/photo/view-of-the-san-pedro-river-in-san-pedro-de-atacama-atacama-desert-chile-gm1137296733-303229788
www.istockphoto.com/photo/artifical-intelegence-dna-molecule-dna-is-converted-into-a-digital-code-digital-code-gm1139572038-304631132
www.istockphoto.com/photo/happiness-translates-into-beauty-gm610678842-104886517
www.istockphoto.com/photo/asian-little-girls-standing-together-gm157999989-22334458
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