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If evolution is real, then why isn’t it happening now? An anthropologist explains that humans actually are still evolving

  • Written by Michael A. Little, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
If evolution is real, then why isn’t it happening now? An anthropologist explains that humans actually are still evolvingInuit people such as these Greenlanders have evolved to be able to eat fatty foods with a low risk of getting heart disease.Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images

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