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Who We Are and How We Got Here Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past

David Reich

A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history.

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The Tucker Carlson Show

During a conversation with guest Amjad Masad, David Reich's work was referenced regarding deep human history. The discussion highlighted the book's focus on the "great leap forward" 40,000 years ago, analyzing the sudden emergence of culture and metaphysics in the human past.

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The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra expressed amazement at how David Reich's work uses ancient DNA to illuminate humanity's deep past.

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It amazes me how much better we can look at the past and who we are and how we got here by David Reich, another professor here at Harvard. He has just an extraordinary look using ancient DNA like Nean...

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Ezra expressed amazement at how David Reich's work uses ancient DNA to illuminate humanity's deep past.

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It amazes me how much better we can look at the past and who we are and how we got here by David Reich, another professor here at Harvard. He has just an extraordinary look using ancient DNA like Neanderthal DNA to find out things about humanity hundreds of thousands of years ago that I never would have dreamed we could have understood.

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