Polluted Man
March, 1971
The primary purpose of evolution, according to anthropologists, is to enable the members of a species to adapt to a hostile environment—as illustrated by the fact that the greatest changes in early man came about 1,000,000 years ago, during successive Ice Ages.These days, anyone who tries to breathe, see or eat knows that our own environment is no slouch when it comes to hostility, and it's our guess that another set of extensive changes in man will come during the next half century or so—the Cr...
