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    David Reich — How one small tribe conquered the world 70,000 years ago

    Dwarkesh Patel

    4 HN recommenders · recommended in 4 months, 2024–2025

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    1:57:04 · 2.1M views · Aug 29, 2024

    Dwarkesh Patel interviews ancient-DNA geneticist David Reich about human prehistory, including the small group that left Africa around 70,000 years ago and the Yamnaya expansion.

    Recommended as a nuanced, up-to-date account of human prehistory from a leading researcher in ancient DNA.

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    5 comments from Hacker News

    1. @abc_lisperAug 2025· in “Deeper Than Deep: David Reich's genetics lab unveils our prehistoric past (2017)”

      Highly recommend watching Dwarakesh interviewing Reich: this video You will learn more about human prehistory in that 2 hours than anything else.

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @themgtDec 2024· in “Oldest human genomes reveal how a small group burst out of Africa”

      The current "Out of Africa" is really not the same as what you might have learned 2-3 decades ago, despite the branding. David Reich is probably the leading researcher in this field and his description of our best guesses is highly nuanced and open to new data. this video [LINK]

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @loudmaxAug 2025· in “Deeper Than Deep: David Reich's genetics lab unveils our prehistoric past (2017)”

      David Reich was on the Dwarkesh podcast about a year ago: this video It's a really good interview. Recommended if you're an amateur wanting to understand more about human prehistory.

      RecommendsView on HN
    4. @ldjkfkdsjnvSep 2024· in “Long genetic and social isolation in Neanderthals before their extinction”

      dont have time to find it. he basically says the 2% thing is an antiquated understanding that conflicts with recent ancient dna studies. Go watch the podcast this video

      RecommendsView on HN
    5. @porridgeraisinMar 2025· in “AI Reveals Secrets of Dendritic Growth in Thin Films”

      The image processing in a macaques brain has been doing PCA since way longer. Atleast according to [1], around 1hr36m in. this video

      CitesView on HN