EPISODE · Mar 4, 2018 · 1H 19M
Simon Ho On Bio Tech, Human Evolution & The Great Leap Forward
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Simon Ho is a computational evolutionary biologist interested in molecular clocks, evolutionary rates, phylogenetic methods, phylogenomics, and ancient DNA. He is a professor at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. Simon tells us about his field and how he started out. He moves on to talk about humanity’s evolutionary past and explains genomes. They move on to talk about the great leap foward. We talk about humanity’s evolutionary past and continued evolution. Doc brings up mixing tech with biology, finishing with de-extinction, how genes affect behavior and Simon’s research on the molecular clock. Another great episode! It was great to have Simon and explore the field of evolutionary biology. Really enlightening with some splendid takeaways. This podcast is supported by Audible. Audible is home to the widest selection of digital audiobooks, including best-sellers, new releases, exclusives and much more. Listen anytime, anywhere on your tablet, mobile or desktop with our free app. Audible is offering listeners of AdventureFit Radio a free audiobook download with a free 30-day trial to give you the opportunity to check out their service. To download your free audiobook today go to audibletrial.com/advfradio. This podcast is proudly supported by AdventureFit Travel. AdventureFit Travel is an adventure travel company for the fitness community. Head over to www.adventurefittravel.com to check out all our trips, all our blogs from our blogging team, special offers and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Simon Ho is a computational evolutionary biologist interested in molecular clocks, evolutionary rates, phylogenetic methods, phylogenomics, and ancient DNA. He is a professor at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. Simon tells us about his field and how he started out. He moves on to talk about humanity’s evolutionary past and explains genomes. They move on to talk about the great leap foward. We talk about humanity’s evolutionary past and continued evolution. Doc brings up mixing tech with biology, finishing with de-extinction, how genes affect behavior and Simon’s research on the molecular clock. Another great episode! It was great to have Simon and explore the field of evolutionary biology. Really enlightening with some splendid takeaways. This podcast is supported by Audible. Audible is home to the widest selection of digital audiobooks, including best-sellers, new releases, exclusives and much more. Listen anytime, anywhere on your tablet, mobile or desktop with our free app. Audible is offering listeners of AdventureFit Radio a free audiobook download with a free 30-day trial to give you the opportunity to check out their service. To download your free audiobook today go to audibletrial.com/advfradio. This podcast is proudly supported by AdventureFit Travel. AdventureFit Travel is an adventure travel company for the fitness community. Head over to www.adventurefittravel.com to check out all our trips, all our blogs from our blogging team, special offers and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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