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How “Aryan” ancestry reached China
Two steppe migrations, the Tarim mummies, and a genetic legacy that changed along the Silk Road
9 hrs ago
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Davide Piffer
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Rome and the Northern Catch-Up: Direct Genetic Effects, Harder Answers
The expanded Rome–Northern Europe comparison revisited with genetic effects estimated within families
Oct 23
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Davide Piffer
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Intelligence and the Uneven Pace of History
New source evidence changes how I separate archaeological periods from the passage of time
Oct 21
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Davide Piffer
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Did farming lighten skin twice?
Ancient genomes reveal a familiar farming association in East Asia and an unexpected twist in the sunlight story
Oct 19
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Davide Piffer
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Where Celtic Languages Came From
A Bronze Age migration and the limits of a Celtic genetic identity
Oct 18
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Davide Piffer
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Reich’s new paper: Could humans interbreed after 1.2 million years apart?
David Reich proposes an ancient mixture that raises questions about attraction and reproductive compatibility
Oct 16
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Davide Piffer
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Patience and the Pecking Order
Ancient genetic scores and the layers of social hierarchy
Oct 15
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Davide Piffer
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Did Seeds or Scholars Bend the Genetic Curve?
Farming and Confucian institutions enter the same ancient DNA model
Oct 14
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Davide Piffer
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Does civilization progress in a straight line or in cycles?
The rise and fall of education-associated genetic scores in ancient DNA
Oct 13
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Davide Piffer
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Did Confucianism select for education or intelligence?
Ancient genomes, two genetic scores, and a difficult question about who prospered when learning became a route to office.
Oct 12
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Davide Piffer
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Education and intelligence polygenic scores, thirteen years later
Thirteen years ago, we finally had three genome-wide-significant genetic hits for education.
Oct 10
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Davide Piffer
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Intelligence and inequality: what ancient graves reveal
Fluid-intelligence genetics and burial richness within cemeteries
Oct 8
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Davide Piffer
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