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Germanic Origins Inside the Ancestry Doll
Germanic origins have been argued over for two thousand years.
 • Davide Piffer
Did Islands Make People Shorter?
Island biology has one of the most memorable rules in evolution: when large animals are trapped on islands, they often get smaller.
 • Davide Piffer
Did Harsh Seasons Make Complex Societies?
Look at the modern world and the cold-winter theory has an immediate appeal.
 • Davide Piffer
The Farmer Signal in Intelligence Appears in East Asia Too: The Rise of the Han
There is a pattern in ancient DNA that keeps reappearing: the first large farming populations did not just change how people ate.
 • Davide Piffer
When Correcting for Ancestry Corrects Away Evolution
Ancient DNA selection scans often follow a simple rule: first correct for ancestry, then see what remains.
 • Davide Piffer
Did the New Nature Study Correct Away Evolution in Ancient Europe?
Why ancestry, geography, and polygenic scores do not move through ancient Europe as one simple line.
 • Davide Piffer
The People Who Replaced Ancient Europe
Ancient DNA has made some old historical words feel concrete again.
 • Davide Piffer
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