The Insight

The Insight


Latest Episodes

Genetics of Papuans
February 04, 2020

Razib talks to Anders Bergstrom of the Crick Institute about the genetic history of New Guinea https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5802383/

Paleogenetics of Africa
January 29, 2020

This week Spencer and Razib discuss the ramifications of a new paper which reports on the ancient DNA of West Africans who lived 8,000 and 3,000 years ago.

3000 years in the Levant
January 22, 2020

This week Razib discusses the genetics and history of the Levant with Dr. Marc Haber.

Predictions for genetics in the 2020s
January 15, 2020

Spencer and Razib offer up 10 predictions for what genetics will bring in the 2020s, from free sequencing to going beyond "Out of Africa."

Ten years of human genetics and evolution
December 20, 2019

What was big in human evolution and genetics over the last 10 years?

Scandinavian Genetics
June 26, 2019

Talking the genetic history of Scandinavians with Torsten Günther. Show notes 

Tibetan Denisovans
June 19, 2019

Razib talks about a Denisovan finding from Tibet with Dr. Frido Welker. Show notes: 

Obesity and genetic prediction
June 12, 2019

Razib talks to a researcher who developed a method to predict extreme obesity looking at genetic profiles. Show notes: 

Evolution of Family
June 05, 2019

Razib discusses the evolutionary and ecological context of human families with Dr. Rebecca Sear. 

Natural Selection and "Deep Learning"
May 29, 2019

Evolutionary biology and computer science don't seem to have much in common. But this week Razib talks to a geneticist who brings both together in his research.