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Did Cold Make Human Brains Bigger?
The idea that cold environments might favor larger brains did not come out of nowhere.
 • Davide Piffer
Who are the Roma Gypsies? What Their DNA Tells Us
The Roma have historically been a difficult population to map genetically due to a lack of dense genomic data and a complex, highly disrupted migratory…
 • Davide Piffer
PifferPilfer Turns One
On July 1st, this Substack turns one year old.
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Italy’s Rolling R: A Natural Experiment in the Genetics of Speech
As we saw in the previous post, Pakistan is useful for studying recessive genetic effects because cousin marriage increases homozygosity.
 • Davide Piffer
Pakistan’s Natural Experiment in Mendelian Genetics
How autozygosity makes recessive gene loss visible
 • Davide Piffer
Did Rome Rise and Fall With Genetic Human Capital?
The history of Rome is usually told through its institutions: a village becomes a republic, a republic conquers the Mediterranean, and an empire builds…
 • Davide Piffer
Did Hard Times Build Civilization?
It is easy to assume that milder climates should favor human development.
 • Davide Piffer
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