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Childhood prosperity, genes and PISA performance
Evidence from 81 countries and a separate analysis of Educational Attainment PGS
 • Davide Piffer
My genome among ancient populations
An interactive comparison using modern and ancient reference panels
 • Davide Piffer
Am I 100% Republican Roman? It depends.
My DNA tested against Iron Age Romans, Etruscans and northern Europeans
 • Davide Piffer
Can personality polygenic scores travel across populations?
A country-level test of the ReGPC lead variants using WGS frequency, global genotype and European samples
 • Davide Piffer
From Hunter-Gatherers to Romans: Testing Northern and Central Italian DNA
Separate models trace deep, prehistoric and historical ancestry across Italy
 • Davide Piffer
My New Book Is Out: Buried in the Genome
Ancient DNA, Human Variation, and the Evolution of Civilization
 • Davide Piffer

August 2026

Did Farming Make Us Smarter? The Rice-and-Wheat Test
Ancient DNA from East Asia suggests that farming—not rice or wheat in particular—marked a turning point in an education-related genetic score.
 • Davide Piffer
Local Jōmon Ancestry in Japanese Genomes
Long before rice paddies, samurai or the first Japanese state, the archipelago was home to hunter-gatherer-fishers now called the Jōmon.
 • Davide Piffer
Did Genetic Decline Contribute to the Late Bronze Age Collapse in Greece?
After Troy
 • Davide Piffer
Painting Geographic Maps with DNA
Bringing back Cavalli-Sforza's RGB maps
 • Davide Piffer
What Changed in Anatolia When the Turks Arrived?
Few places have been transformed as visibly as medieval Anatolia.
 • Davide Piffer
Can Skin, Hair and Eyes Tell You Where Someone’s Ancestors Came From?
A genetic test of what appearance reveals between countries, and how much less it reveals among individuals within the same country.
 • Davide Piffer
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