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Interview on WLS-AM radio in Chicago

I was interviewed this morning on WLS-AM radio in Chicago by hosts John Howell and Ray Stevens about human evolution on Mars. Listen to the segment here:

http://www.wlsam.com/2017/03/03/humans-on-mars-will-be-really-ugly/

 

 

 

NBC News: Will Mars Colonists Evolve into This New Kind of Human?

NBC News hired illustrator Joseph Ventura to work with me to depict what humans might be like after evolving to conditions on Mars for several thousand years. Here is what we came up with…

http://www.nbcnews.com/mach/space/mar...

 

 

How colonizing Mars could lead to the evolution of a new human species – New video interview with Tech Insider

A new video based on an interview I did with Tech Insider describes how colonizing Mars could lead to the evolution of a new type of human.

http://www.businessinsider.com/evolutionary-biologist-explains-how-humans-might-evolve-mars-worldwide-ban-2017-2

New article in Aeon

My latest piece is out today in Aeon. It explores how globalization and immigration are affecting our ongoing evolution.

https://aeon.co/essays/the-future-is-...

New book tour dates!

I’m excited to announce two new events to the Future Humans book tour. On Feb 8 I’ll be speaking and signing at The Avid Reader book store in Davis, CA and on May 11 I’ll be giving a talk as part of the Science Under the Stars lecture series in Austin, TX. For a complete calendar of events see: Writing

Virginia Festival of the Book

I’m excited to announce that I’ll be participating in the 2017 Virginia Festival of the Book, March 22-26 in Charlottesville, VA! The schedule will be announced soon. For details, see: http://vabook.org/

or

http://vabook.org/participant/scott-solomon/

Watch my talk on the future of human evolution

My recent talk about the future of human evolution at Lone Star College is now available on YouTube!

Future Humans book tour visits New Orleans

Thanks to all who came out to the event at Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans on Tuesday!

http://www.gardendistrictbookshop.com...

Has Culture Replaced Natural Selection? New blog post for Yale U Press

My new blog post, published today at Yalebooks.com, explores the question of whether culture has replaced natural selection in contemporary human evolution.

Has Culture Replaced Natural Selection?

 

Podcast

In this podcast, I discuss how modernization is affecting human evolution.