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Did Confucian institutions leave a trace in ancient DNA?
A Tang official’s tombstone might tell you where his family came from, what his father did, and how he rose through government.
A Tang official’s tombstone might tell you where his family came from, what his father did, and how he rose thr...
Digging the elite: richer graves, lighter skin?
Grave goods, pigmentation and education scores within ancient cemeteries.
A sword, a necklace and a row of pottery vessels can make an ancient grave look unmistakably distinguished. What they meant to the people who placed them there is ha...
The ingredients of light skin genetics: farming, low UV and ancestry
What ancient genomes reveal about farming, sunlight and European pigmentation
In Solving the Aryan paradox: Why northern Europeans have fair skin but their ancestors were not pale, I asked why northern Europeans are generally fairer than s...
Solving the Aryan paradox: Why northern Europeans have fair skin but their ancestors were not pale
A lighter-direction skin score appears within WSH-labelled chromosome segments. Its rate relative to the whole genome remains uncertain.
In The Four Races of Europe (Part I), I described a puzzle: northern Europeans are generally fair-skin...
Could Ancient DNA Predict What Went Into the Grave?
A direct test of an ancient education score against the objects buried with the same people.
An ancient grave may preserve more than bones. Alongside a person’s remains, which can yield their DNA, archaeologists may find ornaments, weapons...
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I have worked in population genetics for the last ten years, besides chronobiology, evolutionary psychology, creativity, and behavioural genetics. My work has been published in peer-reviewed journals. Order the book: https://book.davidepiffer.com
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