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David Reich

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Heard in 4 episodes across 4 shows since May 2026

David Reich is a prominent geneticist and professor at Harvard Medical School known for his research on ancient human DNA. His work focuses on using genome-wide patterns to understand human migrations and how the Bronze Age served as a critical inflection point in evolution.

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4
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First heard

May 2026

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What David Reich has said on podcasts

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  1. on Ancient DNA researchNegativeMay 8, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    Ancient DNA studies have struggled to detect biological change because sample sizes were too small.

    “what's not been successful is learning about biology and biological change. And one big reason for that has been that the sample sizes have been too small.”

    Listen at 1:35

    Open the episode · David Reich – Why the Bronze Age was an inflection point in human evolution
  2. on Ancient human genetic variantsNeutralMay 8, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    Large samples are required to estimate genetic frequency changes over time precisely.

    “To get a high resolution picture of how the frequency changes over time, you need to have very big sample sizes of truly very large numbers of people.”

    Listen at 2:46

    Open the episode · David Reich – Why the Bronze Age was an inflection point in human evolution
  3. on Natural selectionNeutralMay 8, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    Environmental changes create selection pressure for populations to adapt genetically.

    “if there has been a change in environment that a population has experienced, for example, people have shifted to agriculture or begun living close to domesticated animals, or moved to a new environment from a cold place to a warm place or a low place to a high place, then there's pressure on the population to adapt to these new stresses, these new needs.”

    Listen at 3:36

    Open the episode · David Reich – Why the Bronze Age was an inflection point in human evolution
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Episodes

4 episodes featuring David Reich, newest first

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