Evidence of Continuing Human Evolution

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Hakhamanesh Mostafavi, PhD student in the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University and co-author of a recent paper, Identifying genetic variants that affect viability in large cohorts, joins us to talk about the evidence for and examples of continuing human evolution.

Links:

• Hakhamanesh Mostafavi, Columbia University
• Mostafavi H, Berisa T, Day FR, Perry JRB, Przeworski M, Pickrell JK (2017) Identifying genetic variants that affect viability in large cohorts. PLoS Biol 15(9): e2002458. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2002458
• Chodosh, Sarah. (2017). Yes, humans are still evolving. Here’s how you can tell. Popular Science. https://www.popsci.com/humans-are-still-evolving
• The Rock Pocket Mouse (HHMI Biointeractive)

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