Conversations Beyond Science and Religion The Evolution of Innovation
According to Jared Diamond, \u201cevolution is the most profound and powerful idea to have been conceived in the last two centuries.\u201d\xa0 Almost all biologists no longer consider evolution "just a theory;" rather, it's a fact.\xa0 The textbooks say that evolution is the selection and preservation of favorable mutations across generations. \xa0Genes mix and match, and the more successful at surviving -- survive and pass on the winning genes to their offspring.\xa0 But how does innovation occur?\xa0 How do new life forms arise from old ones?\xa0 This is the mystery discussed on this show with Andreas Wagner, the author of the new and original book, Arrival of the Fittest: Solving Evolution\u2019s Greatest Puzzle (http://www.amazon.com/Arrival-Fittest-Solving-Evolutions-Greatest/dp/1591846463).