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We're on a road to nowhere
Author(s) -
Rinaldi Andrea
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201745399
Subject(s) - niche construction , niche , adaptation (eye) , natural selection , homo sapiens , ecological niche , environmental ethics , natural (archaeology) , organism , selection (genetic algorithm) , ecology , biology , evolutionary biology , sociology , computer science , anthropology , habitat , philosophy , genetics , artificial intelligence , paleontology , neuroscience
The invention of culture allowed mankind to create its own ecological niches. But does it mean that humans have stopped evolving biologically or are we still adapting to our artificial environment?