Author

Mitchell Ryan Distin, PhD

Mitchell Ryan Distin, PhD, is an evolutionary biologist, historian/philosopher of science, and Indigenous scholar who is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the non-profit thinktank Prosocial World and co-organizer of the Multilevel Selection Initiative alongside David Sloan Wilson—a new movement in science home to 60+ of the world’s top thinkers in biology, ecology, and the philosophy of biology working to build the next generation of biological and evolutionary theory, and apply such theory in social and spiritual contexts. Mitch has spent the last decade traveling the world, immersing himself in different cultures and living within Indigenous communities, while concomitantly performing his scientific research on the origins and maintenance of biodiversity. He is considered a leading scientific expert on the novel biological concepts of evolvability and multilevel selection theory. He currently writes for the online magazine This View of Life, and is the founder of the popular science blog and new podcast channel Walking The Red Road (www.WalkingTheRedRoad.Blog), which investigates the nexus of science and spirituality.

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