Evolution After Darwin | Massimo Pigliucci, Zanna Clay, Tim Lewens

Philosophy For Our Times

English - September 03, 2019 11:39 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB - ★★★★ - 249 ratings
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The brutal mechanism of natural selection gave rise to all life on our planet. Or so the Darwinian story goes. But from mice to great whales, it now appears that animals inherit socially acquired characteristics. Is the theory of natural selection a Victorian relic, about to be replaced by a new science of cultural evolution? In this episode of Philosophy for our Times, philosopher of science Massimo Pigliucci, psychologist and primatologist Zanna Clay and professor of philosophy Tim Lewens ask if there is more to evolution than we might think.

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