Darwin's Descendants and the Evolution of an Idea: Glenn Scheyd at TEDxNSU

Life existed on our planet for billions of years before anyone tried to make sense of it. The discovery of the principles of natural selection represents the most game-changing shift humans have made in our ability to understand ourselves. Only in combination with an understanding of genetic inheritance, however, was the more sophisticated work of Darwinian science possible. It is tempting for us, as it must have been for Darwin's contemporaries, to think we finally have things figured out. The history of science should teach us otherwise. Glenn Scheyd is an associate professor at Nova Southeastern University.

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