David Reich: Podcast Interviews

David Reich

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Biologist

reich.hms.harvard.edu

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3 Interviews

David Reich's Interviews

Dwarkesh Patel & David Reich • 29 Aug 2024 • EN

David Reich - How One Small Tribe Conquered the World 70,000 Years Ago

I had no idea how wild human history was before chatting with the geneticist of ancient DNA David Reich. Human history has been again and again a story of one group figuring ‘something’ out, and then basically wiping everyone else out. From the tribe of 1k-10k modern humans who killed off all the other human species 70

Sean Carroll & David Reich • 10 Jan 2022 • EN

David Reich on Genetics and Ancient Humanity

Human beings like to divide themselves into groups, and then cooperate, socialize, and reproduce with members of their own group. But they’re not very absolutist about it; groups tend to gradually (or suddenly) intermingle, as people explore, intermarry, or conquer each other. David Reich has pioneered the use of genet

Rob Reid & David Reich • 31 Jul 2018 • EN

Ancient DNA | David Reich

The genetic code of Neanderthals, archaic humans, and other elders is reconfiguring much of our understanding of human history. And it could just save hundreds of thousands of modern human lives per year.