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A Chemical Progression
An exploration of the discovery and history of the atom, including the theories and experiments that led to its understanding in chemistry.
gregbrockman.comI have been obsessed with what the geneticist David Reich told me in our interview together.
The story of human evolution we're now learning from new evidence is so crazy.
70,000 years ago, half a dozen different species of humans (Neanderthals, Denisovans, 'Hobbits', etc) lived across... See more
Dwarkesh Patelx.comOur siblings, according to speculative reconstructions: Homo rudolfensis (East Africa); Homo erectus (East Asia); and Homo neanderthalensis (Europe and western Asia). All are humans. {© Visual/Corbis.}
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens
I had no idea how wild the story of human evolution 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... See more
Dwarkesh Patelx.comJust as woodpeckers specialise in extracting insects from the trunks of trees, the first humans specialised in extracting marrow from bones.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens
#FossilFriday H. sapiens lineage skulls (from L) Irhoud 1, Omo Kibish 2+1, Herto 1 (all Africa), Qafzeh 6 (Israel), Mungo 3, Kow Swamp 1 (Australia) @NHM_London @NHM_Anthro https://t.co/Cea5zqXxo5
It turned out that 1–4 per cent of the unique human DNA of modern populations in the Middle East and Europe is Neanderthal DNA.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens
David Reich – How One Small Tribe Conquered the World 70,000 Years Ago
youtube.comNew genetic and morphological evidence suggests a single hoaxer created ‘Piltdown man’ | Royal Society Open Science 2016 https://t.co/ABXa3PbfkX
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