Also, how your Blackberry may be changing the brains of future generations.
And, are we engineering our own successors through robotics?
Guests:
- Lynne
Isbell - anthropologist,
Davis - Timothy Taylor - archeologist, the
- Nicholas
Wade - science writer, New York Times, author of Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors - Lee Gutkind - author of Almost Human: Making Robots Think
Listen:
We've all descended from a common ancestor, but, as Homo sapiens, we no longer brachiate through trees and have long abandoned our stone tools for Blackberrys and iPods. Evolution has shaped us into the big-brained, bipedal, text-messaging specimens we are today. But it didn't happened without a lot of pressure. SETI Radio takes a look at some of the forces that have driven human evolution - from the snake-phobia that sharpened our eyesight, to the anger-management that was a prerequisite for civilization.
Also, how your Blackberry may be changing the brains of future generations.
And, are we engineering our own successors through robotics?
Guests:
- Lynne
Isbell - anthropologist,
Davis - Timothy Taylor - archeologist, the
- Nicholas
Wade - science writer, New York Times, author of Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors - Lee Gutkind - author of Almost Human: Making Robots Think
Listen:
http://podcast.seti.org/media/AWA_07-08-13.mp3