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From radiation to water pollution to cities, humans are now a driver of evolution in the ‘natural’ world – podcast

  • Written by Daniel Merino, Assistant Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
From radiation to water pollution to cities, humans are now a driver of evolution in the ‘natural’ world – podcastFor many species, human actions are the biggest factor in their evolution.Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images

Humans do a lot of different things to the environment, and there aren’t many natural processes – aside from an asteroid impact or the like – that can rival the scale of change brought on by human activity. In this...

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