The Insight

Where did we come from? One of humanity's most basic questions, the answer is fascinating. Weaving together insights from the fields of genetics, archaeology, linguistics, and paleoanthropology, hosts Spencer Wells and Razib Khan take us on a grand tour of human history. Scientific storytelling at its best.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 53m. Bisher sind 103 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 21 hours 54 minutes

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episode 6: Genetics of Fertility


Razib talks to Melinda Mills about the intersection of demographics and genetics. https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/rsfjss/4/4/122.full.pdf


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 February 13, 2020  56m
 
 

episode 5: Genetics of Papuans


Razib talks to Anders Bergstrom of the Crick Institute about the genetic history of New Guinea https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5802383/


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 February 5, 2020  1h1m
 
 

episode 4: Paleogenetics of Africa


This week Spencer and Razib discuss the ramifications of a new paper which reports on the ancient DNA of West Africans who lived 8,000 and 3,000 years ago.


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 January 29, 2020  35m
 
 

episode 3: 3000 years in the Levant


This week Razib discusses the genetics and history of the Levant with Dr. Marc Haber.


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 January 23, 2020  56m
 
 

episode 2: Predictions for genetics in the 2020s


Spencer and Razib offer up 10 predictions for what genetics will bring in the 2020s, from free sequencing to going beyond "Out of Africa."


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 January 15, 2020  46m
 
 

episode 1: Ten years of human genetics and evolution


What was big in human evolution and genetics over the last 10 years?


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 December 20, 2019  1h53m
 
 

episode 33: Scandinavian Genetics


Talking the genetic history of Scandinavians with Torsten Günther. Show notes 


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 June 26, 2019  52m
 
 

episode 32: Tibetan Denisovans


Razib talks about a Denisovan finding from Tibet with Dr. Frido Welker. Show notes: 


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 June 19, 2019  39m
 
 

episode 31: Obesity and genetic prediction


Razib talks to a researcher who developed a method to predict extreme obesity looking at genetic profiles. Show notes: 


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 June 13, 2019  50m
 
 

episode 30: Evolution of Family


Razib discusses the evolutionary and ecological context of human families with Dr. Rebecca Sear. 


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 June 6, 2019  48m