Why Humans Came to Dominate the Earth | Earth and Sky Podcast

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Keywords
evolution development cultural evolution genetics research adaptation fingers
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Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Why Humans Came to Dominate the Earth | Earth and Sky Podcast

Paul Ehrlich of Stanford explains his ideas on why we humans dominate Earth. He says that our genetic evolution gave us things like dextrous fingers and binocular vision, but what put us over the top was our cultural evolution.
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PBS Learning Media

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