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Spencer and Razib discuss the updates to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 as of mid-April. Spencer delves into the possible social and cultural ramifications, and they both discuss the trajectory internationally and into the future.
This week Spencer and Razib discuss the latest discoveries about the paleogenetic history of East Asia. Where did the Tibetans, Han, and Japanese come from?
Razib and Spencer discuss the state-of-the-pandemic at the end of March 2020.
Razib talks to Austin Reynolds about what he's discovered about adaptation in indigenous peoples of the New World.
An excerpt from Spencer's book Pandora's Seed about the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815.
Razib talks to Dr. Jessica Chong of the University of Washington about how genomics has changed how we view and understand rare disorders
Razib talks to Dr. Sohini Ramachandran of Brown about her classical paper from 2005 which showed decreasing genetic diversity as a function of distance from Africa
Razib and Spencer talk about the history of ancient Egypt, and the insights genetics can shed on the origins of the ancient Egyptians
Razib and Spencer talk all things genetic and prehistorical Southeast Asia!
Spencer and Razib discuss the evolutionary and historical context of zoonotic diseases, and their relevance to current events.