Babbage from The Economist | 12 July 2022 | 0h 40m | Listen Later 
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Dylan Barry travels to South Africa to trace the story of human evolution, explaining how interbreeding with other species provided the genes possessed by many people today. To uncover our origins, scientists are nowadays not only hunting for clues in the bones of our ancestors—but in the genomes of living people, too. Speaks to researchers who are helping to rewrite the human story.
Tag: Paleontology
How Insights from Ancient DNA are Upending Paleontology
FT Tech Tonic | 17 April 2018 | 0h 21m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with David Reich about the ideas in his book Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past. Covers how the genomic revolution is affecting paleontology and changing many of our preconceptions about the mixing of human groups in human pre-history.
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