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Am I really Northern Italian? I tested it with a reference panel
What Harari’s Sapiens Gets Wrong
Your Grandchildren Are Your Future
Your Genome Is an Archaeological Site, But We’re More Than a Mosaic of Ancestries
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Was Don Quixote Schizophrenic?
A Common Genetic Thread Through Time and Space
Why Some Populations Are Taller
How Germanic is Northern Italy, Really?
Did Grit, Not IQ, Drive the Rise in Educational Genetics?
Are Meds and Nordics Different Sub-Races?
How Simpson’s Paradox Created the “Aryan” Myth
Do European Polygenic Scores Predict Differences Within China? New Evidence From 28 Provinces
Fire: The Spark That Ignited Cognitive Evolution
How Genetically Homogeneous Are Europeans and East Asians – and Do They Form Separate Clusters?
Is Italy's Native Population Being Replaced?
There Was Never a Sapient Paradox
Brain Drain Is Mostly a Myth. The Real Problem Is Who Comes Back.
The Three Ingredients of Italian Crime
Let That Skin In: Ancient DNA and the Evolution of Human Skin Colour
Video Presentation: Genomic Evidence for Clark’s Theory of the Industrial Revolution
Part II: The Four Races of Europe
The Four Races of Europe (Part I): The Aryan paradox
Why Some Provinces Do Better in School (and Math Olympiads): The Answer Is Written in Their Surnames
The Genetic Evolution of the Human Race and Its Consequences for the Industrial Revolution
The Ice Age Factor: A New (yet Ancient) Genetic Axis of Personality Across Populations
Why have we become less suicidal?
The Right-Wing Immigration Paradox
Intelligence Isn't Really Sexy
"Colourism" in the Sperm Bank: Who Gets Picked
Is g Real or Just Statistics? A Monologue with a Testable Prediction
Did Harsh Winters Shape Psychology? Answers from Ancient and Modern DNA
The Origins and Spread of Blond Hair in Europe: Insights from Ancient DNA
The Origins and Spread of Blue Eyes in Europe: Evidence from Ancient DNA
R.A. Fisher, Smoking, and the Limits of Early Genetics
The Mind Adds Weight: Scientific Evidence from the Gym and Beyond
What a New Massive Mexican Family Study Tells Us About the Effects of Ancestry on Different Traits
The Coming Sportsification of Humanity: How AI Threatens to Replace Human Value With Performance
The Rise of Rome: From Village to Superpower - A Brief Historiometric Analysis of Outlier Growth
Do Parents Ever Share More Genes with Coethnics Than with Hybrid Children?
Hiking: A Modern White Man's Invention?
Immigrants' fertility is declining much faster than that of native Italians
Invite your friends to read The Genetic Pilfer
When Low Heritability Means Different Things: Number of Children vs. Number of Fingers
Ancient vs Modern Populations Genetics Distance Explorer: Full version
Explore Ancient DNA Like Never Before: Introducing the Genetic Distance Explorer
Rethinking education balance and cohort fertility: dynamic panels vs. Mundlak
A coffee break: busting some myths about Italian coffee
Follow-up: Do changes in childhood conditions predict fertility outcomes?
The Great French Identity Crisis: When Your Most Famous Icons Are Actually Italian
The Hereditarian's Gambit, Part 2: A Sinister Proposal
From Longevity to Low Fertility: Evidence Across Countries
The Heaviest Weight Is in Your Head: Here’s How I Proved It
The Hereditarian's Gambit, Part 1: Arguing With a Climate Activist Who Won't Have Kids.
A Cheesy Theory, Debunked: Dutch Height Isn’t About Dairy
My App Collection: Interactive Tools for Population Genetics
Can You "Choose" Your Baby's Ancestry? The Science of Embryo Selection
Two cultural differences between China and other countries. One will surprise you
Exploring Genetic Traits Around the World with Polygenic Scores
Racial Cosplaying in DNA Space: My New App Feature Reveals How We All Play Genetic Dress-Up
LLMs: A Triumph and a Curse for Wordcels
New Population Genetic Distance Explorer
Mapping Human Genetic Diversity: A New Interactive Tool for Exploring Population Differences
How Embryo Selection Technology exposes the Transferability Paradox
A Boomer Geneticist's Approach to Human Enhancement
Cognitive Genetics Through Time: Surprises From 3,640 Ancient Genomes
New study of ancient bones validates my methods
A conversation with Emil Kirkegaard
Reconsidering Human Brain Evolution: New Evidence Against the Paleolithic Peak Theory
A response to Bird’s vituperative attack
Why if you have chicken legs you should eat chicken legs (and feet): The Glycine Gap
From Dark Skin to Milk: How Evolution's "Accidents" Became Our Ideals
Farmer Brains, Hunter Brawns, Brown Skin? The Genetic Secrets of Ancient Conquerors
Debunking the Caricature: What Polygenic Scores Actually Show
Italy’s STEM Gender Gap Isn’t What You Think: Why Top-Performing Regions Have More Male Dominance
Why Are We Taller Than Our Ancestors? Ancient DNA and Modern Science Explain
Italy’s Hidden Math Genius Hotspots: What Surnames Reveal About Elite Talent
How Italy’s Surname History Predicts Today’s Education Gaps: Part 1
Cognitive Genetics Through Time: Surprises From 3,640 Ancient Genomes