![]() ![]() We talked about DNA and genomes, here on the podcast quite a bit, there's a lot of information locked up in our DNA and both information about how we as organisms or other organisms function right in the here and now, but also there's information about our history. He is the author of Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past.Ġ:00:00.1 Sean Carroll: Hello everyone, welcome to The Mindscape Podcast. ![]() Among his awards are the Dan David Prize, the National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology, the Wiley Prize, the Darwin-Wallace Medal, and the Massry Prize. He is currently a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School. in zoology from the University of Oxford. The result is a picture of churning populations in constant flux, including "ghost populations" that no longer exist today.ĭavid Reich received his Ph.D. David Reich has pioneered the use of genetic data in uncovering the history of ancient humanity: what groups existed where and when, and how they interacted. ![]() But they're not very absolutist about it groups tend to gradually (or suddenly) intermingle, as people explore, intermarry, or conquer each other. Human beings like to divide themselves into groups, and then cooperate, socialize, and reproduce with members of their own group. ![]()
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