A friend sent me this link this morning. It's a story about a paper just written by John Hawks, a University of Wisconsin anthropologist, who says, "We are more different genetically from people living 5,000 years ago than they were different from Neanderthals."

Contrary to popular belief that evolution has slowed down, and humans have weakened genetically during our years as civilized beings, evidence from the Human Genome Project shows we are evolving faster than ever, particularly in terms of becoming resistant to a wide variety of diseases. A gene that evolved in northern Europe to allow us to digest milk into adulthood is another example.

Look at the full story here.

Our third podcast is up. In this episode you will hear me on guitars and vocals, Kim singing too, and Jordan on djembe.

We open the show with Ponte Bone's "Frio City Road Polka," which is one of the more inexplicable and fun songs we know, and take it from there:"Never Let Me Go," an acoustic take on our "Pirates at the Helm," and Kim doing Lil Green's gem "Give Your Mama One Smile"; plus I sing "Drive All Night," and we end with the Danny O'Keefe ecologically oriented completion of a song Bob Dylan started but left half finished, "Well Well Well."

Happy listening!

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Here's our second podcast. Download and enjoy! And drop us a line to let us know what you think.

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