Anthropology: What we have learned over the Last Decade
Genetic studies and fossil evidence recovered in the last ten years offer a more diverse, rich, and dynamic view of the human species. From its origin in Africa to hybridization with
Neanderthals and
Denisovans, Homo sapiens emerge as a melting pot of humanities. María Martinón-Torres suggests in this article in the
Technology Review that with the rise of gene-editing techniques, humans now enjoy a “superpower” that they must control. Society must therefore engage in a mature and consensual debate about where it wants to go, but that debate must also consider human’s evolutionary history, including its peculiarities and keys to success. Humans boast about their intelligence as a species, but what they do from now on will determine how much insight they possess.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/02/07/349040/anthropology-what-we-have-learned-over-the-last-decade/
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