This is a very interesting discussion. I am always fascinated by how brilliant, collaborative, innovative and also incredibly short-sighted and thick we humans can be– all at the same time.
Culture, via language and cooperative behaviour, evolves hand-in-hand with our genes. So says Professor Mark Pagel, one of a new breed of evolutionary biologists using their expertise to shed light on human creativity. In this second part of the Thinking Big video series he discusses with science editor Clive Cookson what his work says about humanity’s past – and future. Here is a direct video link.
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