Dr. Zachary Blount, Evolutionary Biologist at Michigan State University, is a principal researcher on the longest running evolutionary experiment in history. Dr. Blount has been a part of the experiment for over 20 years, while the experiment, began by Dr. Richard Lenski, has been ongoing for almost 38 years. He shared his lecture Today’s Junk, Tomorrow’s Triumph: Lessons on Evolutionary Contingency, Inertia, and Innovation from the Long-Term Evolution Experiment with E. coli with Michigan Humanists on February 12, 2026. You can watch the recording of this interesting lecture here.
