Saturday, June 9, 2012

Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?

(You mean they're not?)

"Throughout human evolution, multiple versions of humans co-existed. Could we be mid-upgrade now? At TEDxSummit, Juan Enriquez sweeps across time and space to bring us to the present moment -- and shows how technology is revealing evidence that suggests rapid evolution may be under way.

Juan Enriquez thinks and writes about profound changes that genomics will bring in business, technology, and society. His TED Book, "Homo Evolutis," explores those changes. Full bio »

Since the 1940s, we've been saying there are no differences, we [humans] are all identical. We're going to know at year end if that is true.” 

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