The Making of the Fittest: A Conversation with Evolutionary Biologist Sean Carroll

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2006

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode, evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll talks about his new book, "The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution." Even without fossils or comparative anatomy, vast amounts of evidence for evolution and its mechanisms exist in the genomes of the organisms alive today. Carroll discusses immortal genes, fossil genes and repetition in evolution, as well as environmental issues in light of evolutionary understanding. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.seanbcarroll.com; www.egrandslam.com; www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/babies; www.sciam.com/news; www.sciam.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:02.3	Hiya.
0:02.9	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:05.6	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.
0:09.6	Oh, that's not quite what I meant.
0:11.1	It's free to sell on there.
0:12.3	Free to sell?
0:13.4	Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.
0:16.8	You sold my guitar?
0:19.9	Shall we talk about Benny?
0:22.1	When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.
0:26.7	Things people love.
0:28.0	T's and Cs apply.
0:29.1	Excludes vehicles.
0:30.5	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting
0:35.3	October 25th.
0:36.6	I'm Steve Merski. This week on the podcast,
0:39.3	scientist and writer Sean Carroll, after which we'll test your knowledge about some recent
0:43.5	science in the news. Actually, there are two prominent scientist authors named Sean Carroll. Sean M. Carroll is a
0:49.7	physicist. Sean B. Carroll is an evolutionary biologist, and he's our guest this week.
0:54.7	Sean B. Carroll is a professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Wisconsin.
0:59.9	He is the preeminent writer on evolution who is also doing first-rate evolutionary lab research.
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