Anthropology / Everything Human

When Evolution Is Not a Slow Dance but a Fast Race to Survive

Wendy Orent

Wendy Orent is an anthropologist based in Atlanta, Georgia, who specializes in health and disease. She is the author of the book Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World’s Most Dangerous Disease.

In Flux

When Evolution Is Not a Slow Dance but a Fast Race to Survive

Depending on the gene pool, a species can adapt relatively quickly to new external pressures.