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8 May 2026

I think we have to assume that there’s a linkage between the cultural transformations in Africa and Eurasia at this time, and that’s not something the community has really put together with the genetic data.

“I think we have to assume that there’s a linkage between the cultural transformations in Africa and Eurasia at this time, and that’s not something the community has really put together with the genetic data.”

Speaker: David Reich
Episode: David Reich – Why the Bronze Age was an inflection point in human evolution
Publisher: Dwarkesh Podcast

What David said.

I think we have to assume that there’s a linkage between the cultural transformations in Africa and Eurasia at this time, and that’s not something the community has really put together with the genetic data.