We humans like to think of evolution as an optimisation process and us, as it’s greatest accomplishment (well maybe at our better times we do).
But if at least the optimisation part is true, why do harmful genetic mutations persist?
Dr. Lara Durgavich is a biological anthropologist, she joined Jonathan to discuss.
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