Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

http://www.ted.com Throughout human evolution, multiple versions of humans co-existed. Could we be mid-upgrade now? At TEDxSummit, Juan Enriquez sweeps across time and space to bring us to the present moment -- and shows how technology is revealing evidence that suggests rapid evolution may be under way.

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[OldSchool9690]

Can we take a step back from the creation/evolution argument for one second? What he's urging you to do is to solve why he believes we are changing so rapidly. Trading blows into an endless argument is not what is going to push us into a healthy future.

[JChou0918]

woah seriously?

thats weird.. is your dad a doctor doctor or a PhD doctor?

if he is actually a doctor.. i wonder what will he answer if you ask him.. why do people need a brand new flu shot every 4 to 5 years?

1) virus/bacteria evolve

2) god made some new viruses every other year to watch human suffer..

3) none of the above..

take your pick..

[tuuvok]

Try looking up homo in Latin :)

[ARTEMIS M]

I like the idea of them being called Homo Evolutis :D though wish we could drop the homo, which i still dont understand why thats their (or who came up with that) im gonna go look into it :D

(no offense to gays Im talking about our scientific name)

[ARTEMIS M]

Im not so sure humans should study the 10,000 genomes. because simply I dont think humans need another reason to kill eachother.

[SilverWolfHowling]

uhh. not really. -.-

[Kenny T]

so given that we can use genetic engineering to make "glow in the dark" mouse, when can we genetic engineers our kids with "glow in the dark" hair? I'm sure all the future ladies would love it:)

[TheisticWisdom]

lo, gotta love the scientific fairy tale. "For some reason...for some reason....for some reason..."

[eurohim]

13:20 Autism incidence rate...perhaps it is just an improvement in the ability to diagnose it? I wonder if there is a way to check that.

[TURYBoY123]

this talk gave me the goosebumps, great talk

[AwesomeRaffi27]

Good talk, made me think.