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Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto
Every nationality or cultural group should have a song done like this. I’m writing a Substack on Vikings, who were quite nasty in many ways, but popular culture songs like this make them seem “bad ass.”
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Madagascar: where Asia and Africa met
For the complete version of this podcast check out razib.substack.com On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib discusses the origins of the people of Madagascar in a companion podcast to his two-part series on the genetics and history of the isla…
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Charles Fain Lehman: homicide, death in the charts
Listen now (61 min) | Reflecting on the 2020’s crime boomlet
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RKUL: Time Well Spent 02/02/2023
Winter’s end is nigh edition
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American University in Delhi?
India might open to foreign universities. That could be a game-changer: And India’s higher education system badly needs shaking up. Setting aside issues of quality (as if those can be set aside), India does not come close to providing sufficient seats to those aspiring to higher education — a glaring shortcoming as India’s burgeoning middle…
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Open Thread: Ash and Elm…
I’m rereading Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings, along with some other books on the Vikings and Scandinavians. Also revisiting papers like Population genomics of Mesolithic […]
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Hindenburg vs. Adnani
Don’t know much about this, but I noticed it hit WSJ today, India’s Adani Group Fails to Halt Short-Seller Driven Decline: A giant Indian conglomerate couldn’t stop the freefall in its shares and bonds set off by an American short seller in what has grown into a bitter fight over the empire created by one…
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The prehistoric genetic roots of the Chinese
Listen now (81 min) | The 50,000 year adventure
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The genetics of an Odisha Brahmin
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Open Thread, 1/27/2022, Brown Pundits
Some stuff from my Substack: Genetic history with Chinese characteristics – How two Bronze-Age tribes became the world’s 1.3 billion Han (without even changing much genetically) and Venerable Ancestors: untangling the Chinese people’s hybrid Pleistocene origins origins – More than 40,000 years of human evolution in East Asia. I’ve written more about India because it’s…
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Venerable Ancestors: untangling the Chinese people’s hybrid Pleistocene origins origins
More than 40,000 years of human evolution in East Asia
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Jonathan Anomaly: To Make a Better World
On this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Jonathan Anomaly, author of Creating Future People: The Ethics of Genetic Enhancement. Anomaly is currently the director of the Philosophy, Politics and Economics program at La Universidad…
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Genetic history with Chinese characteristics
How two Bronze-Age tribes became the world’s 1.3 billion Han (without even changing much genetically)
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Down with eggs?
I don’t have a big personal issue with vegetarians, though I really enjoy ribeye and you’ll take shrimp from my dead hands. My daughter has been a vegetarian since she was five due to ethical concerns about animal cruelty. But every now and then I hear that BJP-aligned governments or officials are removing eggs from…
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Madagascar: where Asia and Africa met
Listen now (46 min) | The peopling of the land of lemurs
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Bryan Caplan: Open minds and Open borders
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Bryan Caplan about Caplan’s new book, Don’t Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice. Despite what the narrow purview the title might suggest, Don’t Be a Feminist is a wide-ranging book that con…
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Division
One of the things that has saddened and frustrated me on this weblog over the last 12 years has been the tendency of brown people, Indian subcontinentals, South Asians, etc. to engage in differentiation. As a geneticist, I am aware of differences, and I accept and admit it candidly to an extent that is rare…
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John Hawks: A Year in Paleoanthropology
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib reviews the year in paleoanthropology and previews the year to come with John Hawks. First, they tackle the latest discoveries regarding Homo naledi, in particular, the finding that they likely used fires …
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Jonathan Anomaly: To Make a Better World
Listen now (63 min) | A philosopher makes the case for improving humans with biotechnology
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Bryan Caplan: open minds and open borders
Listen now (87 min) | How to think like a nerd, but earnestly