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Dr. Melissa Ilardo, Ph.D is a professor of evolutionary genomics and biomedical informatics at the University of Utah. Her research explores human evolution and adaptation in populations that have previously been overlooked or excluded from biological research. Her recent work looks into a population who engages in the practice of breath-hold diving & is evolving on a unique breakaway trajectory from the rest of homo sapiens on earth.
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EPISODE LINKS
https://medicine.utah.edu/faculty/melissa-ilardo
https://www.superhumanlab.org
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/science/bajau-evolution-ocean-diving.html
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OUTLINE
00:00 - Genomic evolution of Baju people (sea nomads)
15:00 - How long Baju can hold their breath for
21:19 - All-female Korean free divers (Haenyeo)
32:17 - Lost species of humans
42:44 - Humans won't survive the next 100,000 years
47:50 - Mother of humanity: The real "Eve"
59:48 - Humans are attracted to mates by pheromones
01:06:30 - Why assisted reproductive technology might be harmful to evolution
01:14:57 - Effects of the global population mixing & mating together
01:21:37 - Risks of CRISPR gene editing
01:30:37 - Lifespan & the grandmother hypothesis
01:37:18 - Evolution of un-contacted indigenous tribes
01:40:50 - What future humans will look like
01:49:08 - Intelligence is not genetic
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