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The Insight

Summary: Where did we come from? One of humanity's most basic questions, the answer is fascinating. Weaving together insights from the fields of genetics, archaeology, linguistics, and paleoanthropology, hosts Spencer Wells and Razib Khan take us on a grand tour of human history. Scientific storytelling at its best.

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 Chris Stringer on paleoanthropology in 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:04:30

Razib catches up with Chris Stinger on the state of paleoanthropology in 2020 and the ramifications of what genetics has taught us about the diversity in Denisovans in the past few years!

 Genetically Modified Organisms | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:37

Razib talks to Chad Niederhuth at Michigan State on the promise of GMO agriculture! http://niederhuthlab.com/

 Coronavirus 2020: vaccination and the specter of revolution | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:04:32

Spencer and Razib discuss the state of the pandemic, why Spencer is skeptical of rapid vaccine development, and the political and cultural fallout of COVID-19. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/04/29/847755751/compared-to-china-u-s-stay-at-home-has-been-a-giant-garden-party-journalist-says https://medium.com/@spwells

 Alfred Russel Wallace and the Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:38

Spencer describes Wallace's encounter with Indonesia and his insight into evolution by natural selection.

 Genetics, genealogy, and secrets unknown | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 54:15

Razib talks to Libby Copeland about her new book, The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/lost-family_9781419743009/

 Coronavirus 2020: preamble to Weimar? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:17:47

Spencer and Razib discuss the updates to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 as of mid-April. Spencer delves into the possible social and cultural ramifications, and they both discuss the trajectory internationally and into the future.

 Paleogenetics of East Asia | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:38

This week Spencer and Razib discuss the latest discoveries about the paleogenetic history of East Asia. Where did the Tibetans, Han, and Japanese come from? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.25.004606v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.25.008078v1

 Coronavirus pandemic of 2020 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:35:32

Razib and Spencer discuss the state-of-the-pandemic at the end of March 2020. https://blog.insito.me/the-insight-show-notes-season-3-episode-13-pandemic-c6640de64d6b

 Natural Selection among indigenous Americans | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 41:51

Razib talks to Austin Reynolds about what he's discovered about adaptation in indigenous peoples of the New World. https://www.pnas.org/content/116/19/9312.short

 The Importance of Summer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 09:43

An excerpt from Spencer's book Pandora's Seed about the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815.

 Genomics of Mendelian Conditions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 43:29

Razib talks to Dr. Jessica Chong of the University of Washington about how genomics has changed how we view and understand rare disorders https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929719302745

 Decreasing genetic diversity with distance from Africa | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:01

Razib talks to Dr. Sohini Ramachandran of Brown about her classical paper from 2005 which showed decreasing genetic diversity as a function of distance from Africa https://www.pnas.org/content/102/44/15942

 Ancient Egyptian genetics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:50

Razib and Spencer talk about the history of ancient Egypt, and the insights genetics can shed on the origins of the ancient Egyptians https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15694

 Genetics and (pre)history of Southeast Asia | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:22

Razib and Spencer talk all things genetic and prehistorical Southeast Asia! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6476732/ https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02185511/file/Science%20paper%20ORI.pdf https://insitome.libsyn.com/paradise-lost

 Coronavirus and Zoonoses | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 31:48

Spencer and Razib discuss the evolutionary and historical context of zoonotic diseases, and their relevance to current events.

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