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b'Darwinian evolution is adaptive and slow \\u2026 millennia can go by before a species changes very much. But with the tools of genetic engineering we can now make radical changes in just one generation. By removing genes or inserting new ones, we can give an organism radically different traits and behaviors. We are taking evolution into our own hands.\\nIt all began with the domestication of plants and animals, which one science writer says created civilization. Today, as humans tinker with their own genome, is it possible we will produce Homo sapiens 2.0?\\nAlso, what happens to those species who can\\u2019t control their destiny? How climate change is forcing the biggest genetic reshuffling in recorded history.\\n Guests:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Richard Francis \\u2013 Science writer, author of Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World \\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Juan Enriquez \\u2013 Academic, businessman, author, founding director of the Life Sciences Project, Harvard Business School, managing director, Excel Venture Management, and author of Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth\\n\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Jessica Hellmann \\u2013 Biologist, University of Notre Dame\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'