New Books Network | 6 March 2009 | 1h 10m | Listen Later
Interview with Gregory Cochran about his book The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution, co-authored with Henry Harpending. Argues that human evolution has continued since the emergence of modern homo sapiens, particularly with the transition to agriculture, and due to cultural pressure – which has been going on quite recently and may be continuing today.