Evolution, Morpheus, evolution. Shades of the Matrix, in which humans have become no more than a biological power source for powerful artificial intelligences. It s one of our recurrent collective nightmares that the final stage in the Descent of Man is to be superseded by our own creations. It does seem though, that the shift may be beginning in evolutionary biology. Away from the emphasis on individual genes locked in a ruthless struggle, to a more holistic view, one which sees the interdependence of life, a shift from gene to organism, from individual to group.
Adaptive groups are scary.
Hitler thought of Germany as an adapted group, and so one has to appreciate that this is not just a fuzzy warm kind of a theory, but what it does do is it enables us to see adaptation. Technical Production on the series was by Judy Rapley. Lynne Malcom is the Executive Producer, and Tony Baldwin played Charles Darwin.