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David Reich — How one small tribe conquered the world 70,000 years ago
Dwarkesh Patel interviews ancient-DNA geneticist David Reich about human prehistory, including the small group that left Africa around 70,000 years ago and the Yamnaya expansion.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as a nuanced, up-to-date account of human prehistory from a leading researcher in ancient DNA.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Dwarkesh Patel
- Topic
- ancient dna and human prehistory
- Format
- podcast
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2024–2025
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Highly recommend watching Dwarakesh interviewing Reich: [VIDEO] You will learn more about human prehistory in that 2 hours than anything else.
abc_lisper on Hacker News · 2025-08
In Deeper Than Deep: David Reich's genetics lab unveils our prehistoric past (2017)dont have time to find it. he basically says the 2% thing is an antiquated understanding that conflicts with recent ancient dna studies. Go watch the podcast [VIDEO]
ldjkfkdsjnv on Hacker News · 2024-09
In Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinctionThe current "Out of Africa" is really not the same as what you might have learned 2-3 decades ago, despite the branding. David Reich is probably the leading researcher in this field and his description of our best guesses is highly nuanced and open to …
themgt on Hacker News · 2024-12
In Oldest human genomes reveal how a small group burst out of Africa
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