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This week takes The Unsupervised Learning podcast in a somewhat different direction. In response to a common listener request, Razib takes on his first “one-man-show,” digging into his stores of knowledge of the population genetics of ancient peoples and tribes, delving into the significance of abstrusely labeled clusters like “Ancient North Eurasian” (ANE) over 60 minutes. But as anyone following this substack will anticipate, first a caveat: in these heady days of endless ancient DNA discoveries and attendant revisions to long-standing convention: everything is provisional. Razib notes that his assertions are not written in stone, as new work from researchers like Laurent Excoffier adds fresh nuance and intriguing detail to the broader evolutionary picture every few months.
This podcast takes a geographical approach, surveying Eurasian, African, Oceanian and New World populations over the last 20,000 years since the Last Glacial Maximum. Razib covers not just how populations interrelate and how they emerged, but he also touches on unique aspects of physical appearance, adaptations and natural history.
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Cheddar Man: Mesolithic Britain's blue-eyed boy
Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation
Ancient human genome-wide data from a 3000-year interval in the Caucasus corresponds with eco-geographic regions
The Formation of Human Populations in South and Central Asia
Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe
Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans
Mysterious East Asians vanished during the ice age. This group replaced them
Earliest Americans Arrived in Waves, DNA Study Finds
Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East
Divided by DNA: The uneasy relationship between archaeology and ancient genomics
Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers
Ancient Admixture in Human History
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This week takes The Unsupervised Learning podcast in a somewhat different direction. In response to a common listener request, Razib takes on his first “one-man-show,” digging into his stores of knowledge of the population genetics of ancient peoples and tribes, delving into the significance of abstrusely labeled clusters like “Ancient North Eurasian” (ANE) over 60 minutes. But as anyone following this substack will anticipate, first a caveat: in these heady days of endless ancient DNA discoveries and attendant revisions to long-standing convention: everything is provisional. Razib notes that his assertions are not written in stone, as new work from researchers like Laurent Excoffier adds fresh nuance and intriguing detail to the broader evolutionary picture every few months.
This podcast takes a geographical approach, surveying Eurasian, African, Oceanian and New World populations over the last 20,000 years since the Last Glacial Maximum. Razib covers not just how populations interrelate and how they emerged, but he also touches on unique aspects of physical appearance, adaptations and natural history.
Reading:Spanish hunter-gatherer had blue eyes and dark skin
Cheddar Man: Mesolithic Britain's blue-eyed boy
Population genomics of Mesolithic Scandinavia: Investigating early postglacial migration routes and high-latitude adaptation
Ancient human genome-wide data from a 3000-year interval in the Caucasus corresponds with eco-geographic regions
The Formation of Human Populations in South and Central Asia
Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe
Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans
Mysterious East Asians vanished during the ice age. This group replaced them
Earliest Americans Arrived in Waves, DNA Study Finds
Genomic insights into the origin of farming in the ancient Near East
Divided by DNA: The uneasy relationship between archaeology and ancient genomics
Ancient DNA and deep population structure in sub-Saharan African foragers
Ancient Admixture in Human History
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