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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2025 · 46 MIN

The Power of Adaptability with Herman Pontzer

from StarTalk Radio · host Herman Pontzer, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O'Reilly, Chuck Nice

What’s the science of what makes humans special? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore how we evolved to be different from eachother, what's up with Neanderthal DNA, and humanity's superpower with evolutionary anthropologist, Herman Pontzer.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/the-power-of-adaptability-with-herman-pontzer/Thanks to our Patrons PMC, Nannette Bartels, Dawn Dudzinski, Bernd Hendricks, crobarian, jobe, Malik, Christopher Jones, Jason Antone, Sean G, Hunky DOrk, Soumik Das, Wayne Arnold, Elizabeth, Rajan Thankurdesai, Wesley Westandorf, Philip Heller, james Liggett, Steve Lustig, Tan, Jimmy Golightly, Juniel Lugo, Patrick Hill, Tan Ngyuyen, kirenia, Flynn Dockery, Gabor Kalman, Roger L Chamorro, PlanetJomo, Rees Jones, Stacy Ford, t, Ash, Cesar Moya, Jacob, Jacob Kelley, Raymond Daigneault, Tyler Fleck, Tatiana Corleto, Paulo Dutra, Ryan Parish, Nic D., JKW, Allison Bergseng, Thomas Jones, Amelia Joselow, Austin Blair, Christian lara, Eric Bayer, Christopher Martin, David Gavrin, UntraProGamerNL, Vance Uribe, Marissa, K.D., Collin Wolfert, and Stephen Mueller for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What’s the science of what makes humans special? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore how we evolved to be different from eachother, what's up with Neanderthal DNA, and humanity's superpower with evolutionary anthropologist, Herman Pontzer.

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