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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 21 hours 54 minutes
episode 29: Natural Selection and "Deep Learning"
Evolutionary biology and computer science don't seem to have much in common. But this week Razib talks to a geneticist who brings both together in his research.
episode 28: Altitude Adaptation and Denisovans
Razib talks to Emilia Huerta-Sanchez about her finding that altitude adaptation in Tibetans is due to Denisovan admixture.
episode 27: Neolithic Massacre
This week Razib talks to two researchers who have published a paper that reconstructs the relationships between a group of people who seem to have been killed in a conflict during the Neolithic in Poland. Show notes
episode 26: The Epigenetics Revolution
This week Razib talks to Dr. John Greally on what epigenetics really is, and why it is important. Show notes
episode 25: The $1000 Genome
Razib talks to Rodrigo Martinez of Veritas Genetics about what the age of "social genomics" will mean to us.
episode 24: Deconstructing the Denisovans
Spencer and Razib discuss who the Denisovans were, where they lived, and what it means for us as humans.
episode 23: The ape that understood the universe
Razib talks to evolutionary psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams about how the origins of our mind can inform how we interact with the world around us. Show notes:
episode 22: Solving the Missing Heritability
Razib talks to Alexander Young on whether the missing heritability is solved, and what it is in the first place
episode 21: The genetic history of Ice Age Europe
Razib discusses the genetics of Pleistocene Europeans with Cosimo Posth.
episode 20: This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
David Sloan Wilson talks about the application of evolutionary theory to policy and people, and his book, This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution.