Dr. Melissa Ilardo

That's right, yeah.

That's right, yeah. And there's actually some extraordinary work from Svante Paabo, who works a lot with ancient DNA, where they found an individual who was a first-generation mix.

That's right, yeah. And there's actually some extraordinary work from Svante Paabo, who works a lot with ancient DNA, where they found an individual who was a first-generation mix.

And there's actually some extraordinary work from Svante Paabo, who works a lot with ancient DNA, where they found an individual who was a first-generation mix.

I think it might have been with Neanderthal, I forget now at this point, but it was a first-generation half-human, half-whatever archaea commonid it was, which shows you, I mean, if they found this, the chances that they would find this one, you know, mixed individual are so slim that it suggests that this was something that was actually happening a lot. for them to happen to find it.

I think it might have been with Neanderthal, I forget now at this point, but it was a first-generation half-human, half-whatever archaea commonid it was, which shows you, I mean, if they found this, the chances that they would find this one, you know, mixed individual are so slim that it suggests that this was something that was actually happening a lot. for them to happen to find it.

I think it might have been with Neanderthal, I forget now at this point, but it was a first-generation half-human, half-whatever archaea commonid it was, which shows you, I mean, if they found this, the chances that they would find this one, you know, mixed individual are so slim that it suggests that this was something that was actually happening a lot. for them to happen to find it.

I think it might have been with Neanderthal, I forget now at this point, but it was a first-generation half-human, half-whatever archaea commonid it was, which shows you, I mean, if they found this, the chances that they would find this one, you know, mixed individual are so slim that it suggests that this was something that was actually happening a lot.

for them to happen to find it.

Yeah, I mean, it definitely, you know, we have an ancestor. I don't remember exactly the name off the top of my head, but I have an issue with this diagram because it's, you know, it's the classic depiction of evolution. Right. But it really suggests kind of like I was saying before, this trajectory and we are the pinnacle of it. You know, we've achieved this thing.

Yeah, I mean, it definitely, you know, we have an ancestor. I don't remember exactly the name off the top of my head, but I have an issue with this diagram because it's, you know, it's the classic depiction of evolution. Right. But it really suggests kind of like I was saying before, this trajectory and we are the pinnacle of it. You know, we've achieved this thing.

Yeah, I mean, it definitely, you know, we have an ancestor.

Yeah, I mean, it definitely, you know, we have an ancestor. I don't remember exactly the name off the top of my head, but I have an issue with this diagram because it's, you know, it's the classic depiction of evolution. Right. But it really suggests kind of like I was saying before, this trajectory and we are the pinnacle of it. You know, we've achieved this thing.

I don't remember exactly the name off the top of my head, but I have an issue with this diagram because it's, you know, it's the classic depiction of evolution.

Right.

But it really suggests kind of like I was saying before, this trajectory and we are the pinnacle of it.

You know, we've achieved this thing.

And I think it also fits with this, you know, concept of survival of the fittest, which I think is, you know, also a little bit misleading in that, you know, it's not about the most fit. It's about the best fit. So evolution doesn't care how fit you are in the way we think of fitness. It only cares how you fit with your environment.

And I think it also fits with this, you know, concept of survival of the fittest, which I think is, you know, also a little bit misleading in that, you know, it's not about the most fit.

And I think it also fits with this, you know, concept of survival of the fittest, which I think is, you know, also a little bit misleading in that, you know, it's not about the most fit. It's about the best fit. So evolution doesn't care how fit you are in the way we think of fitness. It only cares how you fit with your environment.