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Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Jerry Coyne. Jerry is an evolutionary

biologist and geneticist. He received his PhD from Harvard

in 1978, after which he served as a professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of

Ecology and Evolution for over two decades. His seminal work is on the speciation of fruit flies.

He's also the author of two books, including Why Evolution is True, which is also the name of his blog, and Faith versus Fact. In this episode, we talk about the tension between evolution and the biblical origin story. Jerry goes over the basics of the theory of evolution by natural selection. We talk about sexual selection. We talk about the teaching of intelligent design in schools and how that compares to the battle over CRT in schools today.

We talk about the attack on evolutionary psychology from the political left.

We discuss epigenetics and the concept of intergenerational trauma.

We talk about how humanity has evolved genetically in recent history.

We talk about the consequences of birth rate differences between

different groups of people. We talk about gender dysphoria and gender ideology. And finally,

we talk about the unanswered questions that remain in the field of evolutionary biology. So without

further ado, Jerry Coyne.

Okay, Jerry Coyne. How are you? Fine. Yourself? Good. Good to have you on. Likewise.

As I told you, I've been reading your blog, why evolution is true for a long time, and I've really enjoyed it. And I imagine some of my listeners will be aware of you either from that blog or from one of your two books or appearances on other podcasts. But for those who aren't

familiar with you, can you tell them a little bit about who you are, how you came to study

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