56: Are We Still Evolving? & Famous First Messages

How have human beings evolved, and how could we evolve in the future? And what are some famous first messages, and what can we learn from looking at them?

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Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:15) Are We Still Evolving? (00:52:00) Famous First Messages (01:38:17) Outro

We also learn about:

DANGER BOO BOO, Ella has her own discord?? homo sapiens were 300,000 years ago but humans were 2.5 million, homo sapiens coexisted with 8 other human species, homo habilis was chilling for a million years, the homo hunger games, neanderthals had sewing needles and clothing, they seem so human because they are, maybe it was our chins, it’s hard enough not to anthropomorphize other animals let alone other humans, humans were the same height 40,000 years ago, humans may have lost height from being shit at farming, we have smaller brains but that doesn’t mean we’re less smart, natural selection & mutation & gene flow & gene drift, the iphone gave us smaller jaws, melanin is about synthesizing that sweet sweet vitamin D, we have evolved the adaptation of diversity, physical appearance is mostly just vitamin D and warmth - that’s it, it’s not good genes vs bad genes, microevolution, “instead of a mass of clones, we are already starting to see a glorious riot of variations”, this is all speculation, “we’re very unpredictable”, hello world! I learned it by watching you!! shouting and switching places, Tom live writes fanfic, purpose & imagination & inspiration, no YOU hang up, WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT, hey is your daughter okay? tone poems, Ella bled for her art in *checks notes* We Will Rock You, the dynamic range of the alpine symphony, if found please return littered golden record to Earth, ooh criteria! images on the record are COPYRIGHTED, who knows if they’ll be in the public domain by the time aliens get it, the beauty of the calibration circle, pulsar map, Ella’s not inspired, Caroline inspires Ella a bit, mixing up the golden plaque and golden record, MIR LENIN SSSR, DISREGARD PREVIOUS MESSAGE USA FOREVER

Sources: Homo Habilis Natural History Museum on The Origin of Our Species Other Human Species The Guardian on Neanderthals Why were homo sapians the winners? How have we changed? When did we become fully human? Factors Driving Evolution Factors Driving Evolution 2 The Role of Geography in Human Adaptation Early Human Height Estimation Genetic Drift Has Human Evolution Topped? What will humans look like in 1 million years Sickle Cell Anemia Scientific American No, humans have not stopped evolving --- All Wikipedia's Hello World Programs Bell's Journals from Library of Congress Wired on First Phone Call First Telegram from Library of Congress First Test Compacy Disc Stephen Johnson What is a Tone Poem? Houston Symphony on Strauss's Tone Poems Boston Sympohony Orchestra on Alpine Symphony NASA on Voyager Record NASA on Pioneer Plaque First MIR Message to Space Ray Tomlinson's First Email