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Roman defeats before and after the fall of the West
A remarkable new catalogue reveals a large period difference and a much less certain East–West comparison
Iosif Lazaridis has done something unusually useful for anyone interested in Roman history. His new catalogue brings together 1,709 n...
How “Aryan” ancestry reached China
Two steppe migrations, the Tarim mummies, and a genetic legacy that changed along the Silk Road
Plate 1. Chariot on the Eurasian steppe
Rome and the Northern Catch-Up: Direct Genetic Effects, Harder Answers
The expanded Rome–Northern Europe comparison revisited with genetic effects estimated within families
In Rome and the Northern Catch Up Reanalysed, I used EA4, a polygenic score for educational attainment, based on genetic associations wit...
Intelligence and the Uneven Pace of History
New source evidence changes how I separate archaeological periods from the passage of time
Europe did not enter the Iron Age all at once. Different societies adopted farming, metalworking and other technologies at different times. Two comm...
Did farming lighten skin twice?
Ancient genomes reveal a familiar farming association in East Asia and an unexpected twist in the sunlight story
In The ingredients of light skin genetics, I found that European ancient genomes carried more variants associated with lighter...
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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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