Episode #70
David Reich — How one small tribe conquered the world 70,000 years ago
Neanderthal Extinction, Evolution of Intelligence, & Yamnaya Genocide
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What this episode covers
Neanderthal Extinction, Evolution of Intelligence, & Yamnaya Genocide
Where to start
“Lost civilizations” and our Neanderthal ancestry
“Lost civilizations” and our Neanderthal ancestry
Start at 1:15:39
Yamnaya expansion and how populations collide
Yamnaya expansion and how populations collide
Start at 59:28
How early modern humans dominated the world
How early modern humans dominated the world
Start at 20:24
People and topics
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Key takeaways
- Archaic and modern humans gene flow
- How early modern humans dominated the world
- How bubonic plague rewrote history
- Was agriculture terrible for humans?
- Yamnaya expansion and how populations collide