<description>&lt;p&gt;The full episode is available here: https://www.razibkhan.com/p/10000-years-of-selection-in-western&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Despite the preprint being out for two years, Akbari et al.'s &lt;a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10358-1"&gt;Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia&lt;/a&gt; publication in &lt;em&gt;Nature &lt;/em&gt;this week has resulted in a massive media response. Though Razib has discussed this work before, he thought it would be useful to review it, and put it in context in a new monologue.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="subscribe-widget is-signed-up" data-component-name= "SubscribeWidget"&gt; &lt;div class="pencraft pc-reset button-wrapper"&gt; &lt;div class= "pencraft pc-display-flex pc-justifyContent-center pc-reset"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

Razib Khan

10,000 years of selection (in Western Eurasia)

MAY 1, 202640 MIN
Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning

10,000 years of selection (in Western Eurasia)

MAY 1, 202640 MIN

Description

The full episode is available here: https://www.razibkhan.com/p/10000-years-of-selection-in-western Despite the preprint being out for two years, Akbari et al.'s Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia publication in Nature this week has resulted in a massive media response. Though Razib has discussed this work before, he thought it would be useful to review it, and put it in context in a new monologue.