IBW Episode #2: Muslims vs. LGBTQIA+
Listen now (66 min) | Islamic social conservatism clashes with American progressivism?
IBW Episode #2: Muslims vs. LGBTQIA+
Listen now (66 min) | Islamic social conservatism clashes with American progressivism?
You’re so Turk and you don’t even know it
A 1,500-year empire hidden in plain sight
You’re so Turk and you don’t even know it
A 1,500-year empire hidden in plain sight
Elizabeth Jones: ancient DNA as “celebrity science”
In June 1991, The New York Times published a piece titled “Scientists Study Ancient DNA for Glimpses of Past Worlds.” Published a year after Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel Jurassic Park, on which the 1993 blockbuster would be based, the article opens “W…
The out-of-Africa event in the light of ancient DNA and genomics
Listen now (76 min) | Moving beyond simple truths and understanding complex realities
The out-of-Africa event in the light of ancient DNA and genomics
Listen now (76 min) | Moving beyond simple truths and understanding complex realities
Samuel McIlhagga: the UK as a zombie nation
Listen now (93 min) | Is the British adventure over?
Samuel McIlhagga: the UK as a zombie nation
Listen now (93 min) | Is the British adventure over?
People of lower castes have bad personalities
Making the Elite: Top Jobs, Disparities, and Solutions: How do socioeconomically unequal screening practices impact access to elite firms and what policies might reduce inequality? Using personnel data from elite U.S. and European multinational corporations recruiting from an elite Indian college, I show that caste disparities in hiring do not arise in many job search … Continue reading People of lower castes have bad personalities
Lee Fang: investigative journalism and investigating journalists
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to journalist Lee Fang. Formerly an investigative reporter at The Intercept and a contributing writer at The Nation, Fang began his journalism career at ThinkProgress. As an undergraduate, Fang was …
How non-Africans came to be….
Most of the history of the human species is in Africa, which is why I wrote a Substack trying to outline what I think are various alternative models about what’s […]
Early Maghrebis are Eurasian back-migration
A new ancient DNA paper from Northwest Africa: Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant: In northwestern Africa, lifestyle transitioned from foraging to food production around 7,400 years […]
Moderate population structure out-of-Africa
A few weeks ago I wrote on my Substack about a new model of African H. sapiens genesis that assumes recurrent gene flow between deeply divergent populations within the continent. […]
Open Thread – 06/14/2023 – Brown Pundits
A Look at Brooklyn’s Little Bangladesh.
More Sikhs in Canada than India proportionally
Seems like Sikhs are 2.1% of Canada’s population, and 1.7% of India’s population. Massive migration over the last decade to Canada…
Dr. Amanda Vondras: standing on the shoulders of giants
https://medium.com/media/703b1c9872ad474e6f2037e17ac20c1b/hrefThis weekend Amandra Vondras, GenRAIT’s Director of Science, went on David McKay’s podcast, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. She discussed her background as a molecular biologist, her pa…
Population structure in South Asian – Genomes Asian 1K paper
The full version of this paper is out, South Asian medical cohorts reveal strong founder effects and high rates of homozygosity. It’s not the best for understanding population structure because they focus on within South Asia variation, but it does seem to confirm that among Bengalis there is a cline from west to east, irrespective … Continue reading Population structure in South Asian – Genomes Asian 1K paper
Elizabeth Jones: ancient DNA as “celebrity science”
Listen now (55 min) | Paleogenetics from 1990 to 2015
Elizabeth Jones: ancient DNA as “celebrity science”
Listen now (55 min) | Paleogenetics from 1990 to 2015