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b'If you move with the times, you might stick around long enough to pass on your genes. And that is adaptation and evolution, in a nutshell.\\nBut humans are changing their environment faster than their genes can keep pace. This has led to a slew of diseases \\u2013 from backache to diabetes \\u2013 according to one evolutionary biologist. And our technology may not get us out of the climate mess we\\u2019ve created. So just how good are we at adapting to the world around us?\\nFind out as you also discover why you should run barefoot \\u2026 the history of rising tides \\u2026 why one dedicated environmentalist has thrown in the towel \\u2026 and an answer to the mystery of why Hawaiian crickets suddenly stopped chirping.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nDaniel Lieberman \\u2013 Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University, author of The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease\\n\\n\\n\\nBrian Fagan \\u2013 Emeritus professor of anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels\\n\\n\\n\\nPaul Kingsnorth \\u2013 Environmental journalist and author of Real England: The Battle Against the Bland and The Wake. The profile of his retreat from environmentalism appeared in the \\u201cNew York Times Magazine\\u201d.\\n\\n\\nMarlene Zuk \\u2013 Evolutionary biologist, University of Minnesota\\n\\nFirst aired June 11, 2014.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'