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The Coming Sportsification of Humanity: How AI Threatens to Replace Human Value With Performance
The Law of Human Surplus Abilities
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The Rise of Rome: From Village to Superpower - A Brief Historiometric Analysis of Outlier Growth
Historians often describe the Roman Empire as “exceptional.” Its longevity, its influence on law, language, and infrastructure, even its spectacular…
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Do Parents Ever Share More Genes with Coethnics Than with Hybrid Children?
Insights from the Wright-Harpending Model
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New Title, Same Voice
I’ve decided it’s time to give this publication a new name and identity.
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Hiking: A Modern White Man's Invention?
As someone who loves the mountains and has a deep fascination with history, I often find myself wondering on the trail: have people always hiked for…
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Immigrants' fertility is declining much faster than that of native Italians
If you’re worried that higher fertility among immigrants could permanently outpace that of natives (in this case, Italians), eventually resulting in…
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Invite your friends to read The Genetic Pilfer
The Genetic Pilfer grows thanks to readers like you.
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When Low Heritability Means Different Things: Number of Children vs. Number of Fingers
Implications for the nature vs nurture debate and the portability of polygenic scores
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Ancient vs Modern Populations Genetics Distance Explorer: Full version
As promised, paid subscribers now have access to the app featuring 500+ modern and ancient populations.
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August 2025

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