Episode 47: Adam Rutherford on Humans, Animals, and Life in General




Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas show

Summary: Most people in the modern world agree that humans are part of the animal kingdom, and that all living animals evolved from a common ancestor. Nevertheless, there are ways in which we are unique; humans are the only animals that stress out over Game of Thrones. I talk with geneticist and science writer Adam Rutherford about what makes us human, and how we got that way, both biologically and culturally.