Is Teen Pregnancy a Genetic Trait? - Christopher Dye

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/26/Professor_Christopher_Dye_Are_Humans_Still_Evolving

Professor Christopher Dye explains the role genetics may play in teenage pregnancy. He sums up an identical twin study which revealed "a strong underlying genetic basis to teenage pregnancy."

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Homo sapiens have been around for 250,000 years - surely long enough to have become fully evolved?

It was thought that the dramatic extension of life spans during the 20th century eliminated natural selection, but new evidence shows that to be false.

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Professor Christopher Dye is based at the World Health Organization, where he evaluates epidemiological and economic trends for tuberculosis, malaria, and other infectious diseases, measures the impact of control programs, and presents the findings to governments, scientists, and the media. Professor Dye holds a BA from the University of York and a DPhil from the University of Oxford and has taught at Cambridge University, Imperial College and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He was elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2008. His work in epidemiology is described in more than 200 scientific papers, and he is currently a member of the editorial board of science.

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[sailormoonjoo]

This guy probably has a Ph.D. and did tons of research on this. So it might be a good idea to just keep an open mind and listen? Unless, of course, someone else out there with similar credentials did a comparable amount of research to refute his claims.

I'm just sayin'.

[pencilcaseize]

He's wearing a leopard print tie...rowr

[vaseline02]

I cant get any pussy or a girl to have sex with me so no worries!

[FiorellaDiazCortez]

He's on crack. Kids just wanted to get laid cause they thought it was cool (social factor) and ended up being parents which in my opinion is an epic fail.

[mirandabone]

Utter bollocks, my mum had me at 36 and my brother at 42, I had mine at 17. -.-

[oracle2world]

@irishpunk1089 - sounds like you have a bit of an "anger management" issue here.

[irishpunk1089]

@oracle2world are you really that ignorant to make such a comment, your a fucking child even on a philosophical level, if a teen has a child how will they take care of it if the guy leaves and parents kick them out?

this isn the medevil times ppl just dont go out and hunt for food and live in log houses or grass huts now do they, hellloo its called evolution for a reason ya dumb bitch

[sophieiloveu]

im sorry but if teenagers want sex then let them do it

[theabomation]

Is Teen Pregnancy a Genetic Trait? only if all these girls were slutty by genetics. real talk we in the 21 century grow up get on birth control or wear a condom damn America is one stupid ass country

[bmarquez5423]

Boring

[CherrinaPixieCake]

@oracle2world Maybe that part wasn't taught well in most schools ;P