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Journey of Man Redux
FromThe Insight
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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
15 years after the premiere of the PBS/National Geographic documentary ‘Journey of Man’ and the publication of Spencer’s book, Spencer and Razib talk about the impact they have had on the public’s understanding of genetics and human prehistory. This episode is an hour-long journey through the development of human population genetics, the startling insights provided by the Y-chromosome, and which 2003 population genetic ‘certainties’ have - and haven’t - held up to more recent scrutiny. Destined to be a classic.
Released:
Feb 7, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Neander-Me, Part 1: Today, humans are the only species of hominin in the world. 50,000 years ago, however, we were not alone - our cousins, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, walked the Earth with us. Their legacy lives on in our genomes today. Razib and Spencer take us on... by The Insight