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Get ready for an enlightening journey into the world of ancient DNA and human history! In this episode of “The Story of Us,” we sit down with Dr. Jennifer Raff, a renowned anthropological geneticist and author of the New York Times bestseller “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas.” Dr. Raff shares her fascinating insights into how genetics unravels the mysteries of our ancestors' migrations and the peopling of the Americas.Throughout our conversation, we delve into Dr. Raff's collaborative work with Indigenous communities across North America. She discusses the importance of combining genetic research with Indigenous knowledge to create a more comprehensive understanding of human history. Her passion for science literacy shines through as we explore how these partnerships are reshaping the narratives of our collective past.Join us as we also contemplate the future of anthropological genetics and the role of interdisciplinary collaboration in advancing the field. Dr. Raff offers her perspective on how scientists and communities can work together to foster a deeper appreciation for our shared heritage. This episode is a must-watch for anyone intrigued by the intersections of genetics, history, and culture.

New Title by Elizabeth Weiss: On the Warpath: My Battles With Indians, Pretendians, and Woke Warriors. Previous podcast episode with Elizabeth WeissMagnus reached out to the faculty at Anthropology Dept. and received no response or a response saying "I decline" with a referral to the "University Media Dept." who said "the university is unable to comment at this time."Read: Indigenous Activists Are Targeting My Research. My Own University Is Helping ThemRead: https://www.nas.org/academic-questions/36/4/stanford-academic-freedom-conferenceRead: https://historyreclaimed.co.uk/repatriation-of-artefacts-a-recipe-for-disaster/Read: There's no such thing as a nonbinary skeletonWatch: Combatting Cancel CultureWatch: https://historyreclaimed.co.uk/webinar-indigenous-slavery-in-america-and-america/Read:  Anthropology prof loses Twitter account after woke pushback>>>>>>>>>>>>Here are links to some papers of interest in the context:Homeschooling: A Tool Against Indoctrination, by Elizabeth WeissStatement on Human RemainsOpen Letter to University Press of FloridaAn Open Letter to the SAA President, Board of Directors and Executive DirectorReview of Jennifer Raff's, A Genetic History of the AmericasElizabeth Weiss' Response regarding a photo with a skullWeiss vs San Jose State  - ComplaintLet us know what you think!SEND US AN EMAIL!

The peopling of the Americas is a touchy subject among many Indigenous people. In this episode of Throwback Thursday, we revisit our discussion with Dr. Jennifer Raff, author of the fantastic book "“Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas" from episode 25.Peopling the Americas with Dr. Jennifer Raff! Today we are joined by geneticist Dr. Jennifer Raff to talk about genetic research, what it can tell us about the peopling of the Americas, and how it can be misused by pseudohistorians and psudoarchaeologists to promote dangerous misinterpretations of the past!About our guest:Jennifer Raff is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Affiliate Faculty member of the Indigenous Studies Program at the University of Kansas. She has a PhD in Anthropology and Biology (double major) from Indiana University, and has been studying the genomes of ancient and contemporary Indigenous peoples from North America since 2001. Her book “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas” is a New York Times Best seller.You can order her book here: Origin: A Genetic History of the AmericasYour Hosts:Kurly Tlapoyawa is an archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and filmmaker. His research covers Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the historical connections between the two regions. He is the author of numerous books and has presented lectures at the University of New Mexico, Yale University, San Diego State University, and numerous others. @kurlytlapoyawaRuben Arellano Tlakatekatl is a scholar, activist, and professor of history. His research explores Chicana/Chicano indigeneity, Mexican indigenist nationalism, and Coahuiltecan identity resurgence. Other areas of research include Aztlan (US Southwest), Anawak (Mesoamerica), and Native North America. He has presented and published widely on these topics and has taught courses at various institutions. He currently teaches history at Dallas College – Mountain View Campus.  Support the Show.Find us: https://www.facebook.com/TalesFromAztlantis Merch: https://chimalli.storenvy.com/ Book: The Four Disagreements: Letting Go of Magical Thinking (Amazon)

The Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards are presented annually to three outstanding scholarly books published in the United States.  The 2023 winners are Dennis Tyler for his book Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the Present; Jennifer Raff for her book Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas; and Deborah Cohen for her book Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War.  This year, the Book Awards Dinner was held in person in Washington, D.C. in November 2023, where the three scholars discussed the impetus behind their books and the motives that keep them sleepless—and engaged—in liberal arts and sciences. 

In this final episode of season three, we review Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas by noted geneticist, Jennifer Raff. While the book is about the first peopling of the Americas, something that the study of DNA and mtDNA has drastically changed, a large portion of the book is also devoted to the development of physical anthropology and the archaeological evidence for the earliest peopling of both Americas. This book gives a graduate course in interdisciplinary studies of who the first people were, where they came from, and how they got here in a readily accessible and sympathetic style. We highly recommend it! Intro Music: Zac Bell Exit Music: Jean Claude Hatungimana Cover Art: Emily Noble Day

#olmec #indigenous #blackhistory https://cash.app/$BlackConsciousness Spotify Link - Listen Now: Blog: https://realblackconsciousnessesforum387099824.wordpress.com/ Email the podcast: rbcforum313@yahoo.com Source: https://www.science.org/content/article/earliest-south-american-migrants-had-australian-melanesian-ancestry Source: https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.2025739118 According to Science.org: In 2015, scientists discovered something surprising: that some Indigenous peoples in the Brazilian Amazon were distantly—but distinctly—related to native Australians and Melanesians. The genetic signal of Australasian ancestry in so far-flung a population sent researchers scrambling for answers. A new study reveals this genetic signal is more prevalent throughout South America than thought and suggests the people who first carried these genes into the New World got it from an ancestral Siberian population. The finding also sheds light on those people's migration routes to South America. "It's a really nice piece of work," says Jennifer Raff, an anthropological geneticist at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, who wasn't involved in the study. It shows that the 2015 finding "wasn't just an artifact. It really is a widespread genetic signal." Anthropologists think bands of hardy hunter-gatherers left Siberia and entered the now-submerged land of Beringia, which then connected Eurasia and Alaska, when sea levels were much lower than today—perhaps about 20,000 years ago. Then, about 15,000 years or so ago, some departed Beringia and fanned out into North and South America. These early migrants made good time: By 14,800 years ago at the latest, radiocarbon dates suggest they were setting up camp in Monte Verde in southern Chile. hashtags: #inca #spain #southamerica #indian #negro #ancient #olmec #olmeccivilation #archetype #messenger #spirit #hare #bransoncognac #lecheminduroi #trickster #rabbit #ixchel #decolonize #cannabis #sancuary #ritual #diaspora #Indigenous #IndigenousWomen #BlackIndigenous #Aborigine #cosmicsister #psychedelicfeminism #zoehelene #healing #empowerment #selfliberation #womensupportingwomen #plantmedicine #westafrica #akata #obruni #racial #racialslur #congo #liberian #racism #blackonblack #blackhistory #blackamericans #america #american #coppercolored #americanhistory #history #instagood #akata #manga #akatalent #kunst #sunyani #accra #accraghana #dripdripdrip #drip #driptoohard #uk #usa #usadrip #akataboyz #dior #boys #boymom #shs #shsrepost #shsprincess #hiper #hiperteen #hiphopmusic #hipergh #ghana #ghanastyle #kumasi #ghanadrip #bookstagram #shojo --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realblackforum/message

Yuval Noah Harari is a historian and philosopher whose books — "Sapiens," "Homo Deus," "21 Lessons for the 21st Century," and most recently "Unstoppable Us: How Humans Took Over the World" — have sold more than 40 million copies. He joins Rufus for a wide-ranging conversation about storytelling, life in the Stone Age, the future of democracy, and the threat of AI. --- If you enjoy this episode, check out our interviews with David Wengrow, Jennifer Raff, Christopher Ryan, Ray Dalio, and Jane McGonigal. You can listen to them ad-free by downloading The Next Big Idea app.

New research predicts climate change is increasing the chances of a catastrophic megaflood in California, inundating the Sacramento and Central Valleys. Nasa is measuring plant “sweat” contributes to wildfire intensity. Donna Apidone shares her conversation with author Jennifer Raff about her newly released book that tells us where we came from. California's megaflood

Earth Faces A Global Heat Wave Temperatures are higher than normal for much of the planet this week—and while the heat wave in Europe has had much of the attention, over 100 million Americans in 28 states were under extreme heat advisories this week. Yasmin Tayag, a freelance science editor and writer based in New York, joins Ira to talk about the global heat wave and other stories from the week in science—including the president's COVID diagnosis, an uptick in drug-resistant infections, and the question of whether previously uninfected people are “sitting ducks” when it comes to new COVID variants. They'll also tackle some lighter topics, including new studies of how an elephant's trunk works, and the genetics of how penguins came to prefer colder climates. Genetics Suggest Indigenous People Arrived In Americas Earlier Than Some Thought For years, grade school textbooks have told the story of how the Americas were populated by people crossing a land bridge from Asia and migrating in the safe havens between glaciers. In this version of history, its inhabitants arrived 13,000 years ago. But that story needs an update, thanks to both new archaeological evidence, and the increasingly robust tools of genetic analysis—ancient genomes extracted from millennia-old human remains suggest a much longer history of people in the Americas, perhaps by thousands more years, and aligns with the oral histories of Native Americans and other Indigenous peoples. The genetic evidence also brings up new mysteries, including evidence of some groups of ancient peoples with no direct descendants today. Producer Christie Taylor talks to University of Kansas anthropological geneticist Jennifer Raff, the author of Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas, about the growing evidence for the need to revise the history of the First Peoples. Plus, why researchers seeking to tell that story need to work directly with contemporary tribes to ensure that exploitative scientific practices of the past are not repeated. Can Genetic Modification Help Plants Survive Climate Change? Temperatures around the world are reaching all-time highs as major heat waves cause extreme weather and climate events. Earlier this year, temperatures in India and Pakistan soared to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, followed by months of unrelenting, unseasonably hot weather. A brutal heat wave is now moving across Europe, fueling devastating wildfires, and producing Britain's highest temperature on record. Propelled by climate change, future heat waves promise to increase in frequency and intensity, posing a dangerous threat to human health. But people aren't the only ones at risk. Many plants—including essential food crops—struggle to survive as temperatures rise. When conditions heat up, a plant's immune system can shut down, eliminating its defense mechanism. With key agricultural regions already experiencing record highs, global food supplies face potentially devastating consequences. Ira talks to Sheng-Yang He about his research published in Nature last month that offers a potential solution—using gene editing to strengthen a plant's defenses against increased temperatures.

In this episode, Kris and Paul discuss the process they use to choose and read research papers, both for Breaking Beta and for their own interests as climbers and coaches.   *Additional studies/resources mentioned in this episode: Beall's List of Potential Predatory Journals and Publishers How to (seriously) read a scientific paper by Elisabeth Pain; published on Science; March 21, 2016. Ten simple rules for reading a scientific paper by Maureen A. Carey, Kevin L. Steiner, and William A. Petri Jr.; published on PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; July 30, 2020. How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists by Jennifer Raff; published on Violent Metaphors; August 25, 2013. How to read scientific papers quickly (and effectively organize them for a literature review) published on Genius Lab Gear. Make sure you're subscribed, leave us a review, and share! And please tell all of your friends who are confused and overwhelmed by the amount of jumbled and conflicting training info out there, that you have the perfect podcast for them.   Better Call Paul | Breaking Beta is brought to you by Power Company Climbing and Crux Conditioning, and is a proud member of the Plug Tone Audio Collective. Find full episode transcripts, citations, and more at our website. Follow Kris and Breaking Beta on Instagram  Follow Paul and Crux Conditioning on Instagram  If you have questions, comments, or want to suggest a paper we should cover, find us at our Community + Knowledge Hub. Our music is from legendary South Dakota band Rifflord.

Who were the first people to migrate to the Americas? When did they arrive, and how? For centuries, those questions have been shrouded in mystery. No written records and very little archaeological evidence exists to provide clarity. In recent years, however, the examination of genetic data has revolutionized researchers' ability to find answers. A recent family trip to the Grand Canyon furthered Chris' interest in talking with one of the most celebrated scholars in the field. Dr. Jennifer Raff is an anthropological geneticist and associate professor at the University of Kansas. She's also author of the New York Times best-selling book, “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas.” Raff joins to discuss how the first people migrated to the Americas nearly 20,000 years ago, how genomes showcase the very close relatedness of humans across the globe and the impact of genetic discoveries on narratives.

Jennifer Raff celebrated anthropologist reports 20,000 years ago, people crossed a great land bridge from Siberia into Western Alaska and then dispersed southward into what is now called the Americas. Until we venture out to other worlds, this remains the last time our species has populated an entirely new place, and this event has been a subject of deep fascination and controversy. No written records—and scant archaeological evidence—exist to tell us what happened or how it took place. Join us when Jennifer Raff examines her study if many different models which have been proposed to explain how the Americas were peopled and what happened in the thousands of years that followed on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large

The peopling of the Americas has long been a hot topic. After all, there are no written records and scant archaeological evidence to tell us what happened or how it took place.  There have been many different models put forth to explain how the Americas were peopled but recent strides in the field of genetics are upending some long-held assumptions. Jennifer Raff is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas and author of ‘Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas' - she joined Jonathan to discuss. Listen and subscribe to Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.    Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

EMAIL US - hmlib@henrymiller.org with suggestions and comments.Support Our Podcast>>>>>>>>>>>>Magnus in a conversation with Professor and author Elizabeth Weiss from San Jose State Department of Anthropology. Professor Weiss is currently locked out of some of the department because University officials do not approve of her viewpoint on a controversial academic issue relevant to her field of study: Physical anthropology. >>>>>>>>>>>>Here are links to some papers of interest in the context:Statement on Human RemainsOpen Letter to University Press of FloridaAn Open Letter to the SAA President, Board of Directors and Executive Director Review of Jennifer Raff's, A Genetic History of the AmericasElizabeth Weiss' Response regarding a photo with a skullWeiss vs San Jose State  - ComplaintAssembly Bill 275Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=XSU2P2QHX4SA6)

Thousands of years ago, humans crossed a land bridge from Siberia into Alaska. They tried to move south, but a two-mile-high, coast-spanning ice wall stood between them and the rest of the continent. How did they get past it? Scholars have fought over that question for decades. But in her book, “Origin,” Jennifer Raff says breakthroughs in genetics have given scientists an entirely new understanding of how the Americas were peopled and what happened in the millennia that followed. Next Big Idea Club — Want to hear 12-minute book summaries written and read by the authors themselves? Download the Next Big Idea app today at www.nextbigideaclub.com/app

Today Cara and Chris talk with Dr. Jennifer Raff all about her new book “Origin: A Genetic History of The Americas” (https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/jennifer-raff/origin/9781538749715/) and exciting/challenging ancient DNA research! Dr. Raff is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at The University of Kansas. This episode is chock-full of stunning and interesting insights! You can contact Dr. Raff on her website: https://anthropology.ku.edu/jennifer-raff#link1 or on Twitter: @JenniferRaff Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu, Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra

Ryan talks to Anthropological geneticist Jennifer Raff about her new book Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas, how drastically our understanding of North American history has changed, the important perspective that understanding of history gives you about the world around you, and more.Dr. Jennifer Raff is an assistant professor at the University of Kansas, in the department of Anthropology. She studies the genomes of contemporary and ancient peoples in order to uncover details of human prehistory. She is a celebrated anthropological geneticist, and recently released her book, “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas,” is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes.

Today we are joined by geneticist Dr. Jennifer Raff to talk about genetic research, what it can tell us about the peopling of the Americas, and how it can be misused by pseudohistorians and psudoarchaeologists to promote dangerous misinterpretations of the past!About our guest:Jennifer Raff is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Affiliate Faculty member of the Indigenous Studies Program at the University of Kansas. She has a PhD in Anthropology and Biology (double major) from Indiana University, and has been studying the genomes of ancient and contemporary Indigenous peoples from North America since 2001. Her book “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas” is a New York Times Best seller.You can order her book here: Origin: A Genetic History of the AmericasYour Hosts:Kurly Tlapoyawa is an archaeologist, ethnohistorian, and filmmaker. His research covers Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the historical connections between the two regions. He is the author of numerous books and has presented lectures at the University of New Mexico, Yale University, San Diego State University, and numerous others. He is currently a professor of Chicano Studies at the Colegio Chicano del Pueblo, a free online educational institution.@kurlytlapoyawaRuben Arellano Tlakatekatl is a scholar, activist, and professor of history. His research explores Chicana/Chicano indigeneity, Mexican indigenist nationalism, and Coahuiltecan identity resurgence. Other areas of research include Aztlan (US Southwest), Anawak (Mesoamerica), and Native North America. He has presented and published widely on these topics and has taught courses at various institutions. He currently teaches history at Dallas College – Mountain View Campus.@TlakatekatlBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Scholars have long believed that the first Americans arrived via land bridge some 13,000 years ago, when retreating glaciers created an inland corridor from Siberia. Jennifer Raff, an anthropological geneticist at the University of Kansas, tells a different story in “Origin.” According to Raff, the path to the Americas was coastal rather than inland, and what we've thought of as a bridge was a homeland inhabited for millenniums. Raff talks about the book on this week's podcast.“In recent years, the ability to obtain complete genomes from ancient ancestors has really given us new insights — extraordinary new insights — into the histories not only of individuals and populations but also of our ancestors globally,” Raff says. “We can now identify the populations who originally gave rise to the ancestors of Native Americans. And we can identify extremely important evolutionary events in that process going back, starting about 26,000 years ago. So we can use genetics to identify biological histories, to characterize biological histories, and even identify populations which we had no idea existed based on archaeology alone.'Ira Rutkow visits the podcast to talk about “Empire of the Scalpel: The History of Surgery.” Rutkow says the idea for the book evolved over the course of 50 years, and that he wrote it for the general public and surgeons alike.“I was dismayed, over the course of my surgical practice, at how little patients understood about the whys and wherefores of what a surgeon did, or how a surgeon becomes a surgeon,” he says. And he was “shocked” when he would ask colleagues historical questions — “When did anesthesia come about? When did Lister discover antisepsis?” — and “they would have no idea.”Also on this week's episode, Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world, and Elisabeth Egan and John Williams talk about what they've been reading. Pamela Paul is the host.Here are the books discussed in this week's “What We're Reading”:“The Days of Afrekete” by Asali Solomon“A Word Child” by Iris Murdoch“The Examined Life” by Stephen Grosz“The True American” by Anand GiridharadasWe would love to hear your thoughts about this episode, and about the Book Review's podcast in general. You can send them to books@nytimes.com.

Where did the first Americans come from? Language similarities has pointed toward a link between the Dakota and certain Asian people groups for over a century. But a new book by paleogeneticist Jennifer Raff shares the state of knowledge known and debated by current archeologists and anthropologists. Specifically that the peopling of the Americas happened earlier than previously thought and in a more complicated way than what we've been taught in school. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Jennifer Raff, of the University of Kansas, about her new book, "Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas." See Twelvebooks.com

Scholarly understanding of how the first humans populated the Americas 20,000 years ago is still evolving. University of Kansas anthropologist Jennifer Raff joins host Krys Boyd to discuss new research into early migration patterns and what it says about human history. Her book is “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas.”

Join Nancy and Crystal as we talk with author and geneticist, Jennifer Raff, on her new book, ORIGIN: A Genetic History of the Americas. We discuss the genetic history of the first peoples in the Americas, who they were, current theories on how they arrived, and why they made the crossing. We delve into how they dispersed south and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. We also discuss the myths surrounding the peopling of the Americas, specifically the myth of the Moundbuilders, and how myths persist today in fringe theories about the origins of Indigenous people. Jennifer explains how genetics is currently being used to construct narratives that profoundly impact Indigenous peoples of the Americas and how genetics has become entangled with identity in the way that society addresses the question "Who is indigenous?" Join us for this riveting discussion with settler scientist Jennifer Raff!     Echo-Hawk, Roger (2011) "Summer Soltice," The Mythic Circle: Vol. 2011 : Iss. 33 , Article 14. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mcircle/vol2011/iss33/14

Dr. Steeves tells us about the Clovis fallacy and how humans were on North America for thousands of years before the the current archeological orthodoxy suggests.  It's worth mentioning that the New York Time just reviewed a book by Dr. Jennifer Raff called Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas that comes to the same conclusion.Buy Dr. Steeves Book!Buy The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemispherehttps://www.amazon.com/Indigenous-Paleolithic-Western-Hemisphere/dp/1496202171/ref=asc_df_1496202171/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475909350401&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14455470623895675361&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031148&hvtargid=pla-1092269749597&psc=1

Professor Jennifer Raff, a longtime friend of the show, returns to discuss her work on the genetic ancestry of America's Indigenous peoples. We talk about Beringia, waves of migration, the troublesome relationship between science and Indigenous peoples, and her fantastic new book, Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas, which is available now.Get Origin here: https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/jennifer-raff/origin/9781538749715/ Patrick's book is now available! Get The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World in hardcopy, ebook, or audiobook (read by Patrick) here: https://bit.ly/PWverge Listen to new episodes 1 week early, to exclusive seasons 1 and 2, and to all episodes ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free listening. Available in the Wondery App https://wondery.app.link/tidesofhistory.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Jennifer Raff about the genetic history of the Americas. They discuss why respect and care for the histories and cultures of indigenous groups should be respected when doing research. They talk about the Clovis peoples, diversification of early people groups, and coastal migration. They outline the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas, Indigenous groups in Latin America, and past and present Inuit peoples. They discuss the ethics of genetics for studying various people groups and the future of population groups.  Jennifer Raff is an anthropological geneticist and assistant professor in the anthropology department at the University of Kansas. Her interests are concerned with North American pre-history and the peopling of the Americas. Her first book, Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas, can be found here. You can find her work here and here. Twitter: @jenniferRaff

You have a big brain. I have a big brain. We, as a species, have pretty big brains. But this wasn't always the case. Way back when, our brains were much smaller; then they went through a bit of growth spurt, one that lasted for a couple million years. This steady ballooning of brain size is one of the key themes of the human story. But then there's a late-breaking twist in that story—a kind of unexpected epilogue. You see, after our brains grew, they shrank. But when this shrinkage happened and—of course, why—have remained mysterious.  My guest today is Jeremy DeSilva, a paleoanthropologist at Dartmouth College. He's an expert on the evolution of the foot and ankle. But, it turns out the body is all connected, so he also thinks about brains and heads. In a recent paper, Jerry and his colleagues took up the mystery of human brain shrinkage. They first set out to establish more precisely when in our past this occurred. Using a large database of crania, spanning few million years, Jerry's team was able to establish that this shrinkage event happened much more recently than previously thought—a mere 3000 years ago. Naturally, the next question was why? What happened around that time that could have possibly caused our brains to deflate? To answer this, Jerry and his collaborators turned to an unexpected source of insight: Ants. That's right, ants. They argue that these ultrasocial critters may offer clues to why we might have suddenly dispensed with a chunk of brain about the size of a lemon.  This is a really juicy paper and a super fun conversation, so we should just get to it. But I did want to mention: Jerry has a recent book from 2021 called First Steps that I whole-heartedly recommend. It's about origins of upright walking in humans—which it turns out, is bound up with all kinds of other important aspects of being human. So definitely check that out! Thanks folks—on to my chat with Dr. Jerry De Silva. Enjoy!   The paper we discuss is available here. A transcript of this episode will be available soon.   Notes and links 3:00 ­– A podcast episode from the Leakey Foundation about the so-called “obstetrical dilemma.” 5:40 – A refresher for those who have trouble keeping their ‘cenes' straight: the Pleistocene refers to the period from 2.58 million years ago to 11,700 years ago; immediately after that came the Holocene, which we are still in today. 7:00 – An article discussing the issue of unethical collections of human remains. 10:30 – The key figure form Dr. DeSilva's paper—showing the changing “slopes” of brain size over time—is available here. 19:30 – The original article by Leslie Aiello and Peter Wheeler on the “expensive tissue hypothesis.” A more recent popular article on the hypothesis. 20:45 – An article by a major proponent of the social intelligence hypothesis, Dr. Robin Dunbar. A more critical review of the social intelligence hypothesis. 23:00 – A recent paper by Jeff Stibel and an older preprint by John Hawks evaluating the “body size” explanation of recent brain shrinkage.   24:00 – See our earlier episode on human self-domestication with Brian Hare.   29:00 – One of Dr. DeSilva's collaborators on this research is Dr. James Traniello, who specializes in ants. 34:45 – An overview of the earliest history of writing. 37:20 – Dr. DeSilva's book, First Steps, came out in 2021. 39:00 – A recent paper discussing the evolution of rotational birth in humans. Dr. DeSilva recommends: Kindred, by Rebecca Wragg Sykes (featured in an earlier episode!) Origin, by Jennifer Raff   You can find Dr. DeSilva on Twitter.   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) (https://disi.org), which is made possible by a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to UCLA. It is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with help from assistant producer Cecilia Padilla. Creative support is provided by DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd (https://www.mayhilldesigns.co.uk/). Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala (https://sarahdopierala.wordpress.com/). You can subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com. For updates about the show, visit our website (https://disi.org/manyminds/), or follow us on Twitter: @ManyMindsPod.

On this Fight Study, we speak to retired MMA fighter, writer, teacher, and MMA broadcaster Julie Kedzie. We discuss life after fighting, working for Invicta, going back to school, checking your privilege, therapy & medication, and being on Joe Rogan. "This is what it feels like to cut weight for an MMA fight" by Julie Kedzie: https://www.si.com/mma/2015/05/19/julie-kedzie-what-it-feels-cut-weight-mma-fight Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas by Jennifer Raff: https://amzn.to/3G5Ntmz Thrown by Kerry Howley: https://amzn.to/3s03IwH Fighting Visibility: Sports Media and Female Athletes in the UFC by Jennifer McClearen: https://amzn.to/3r5hPRY Southpaw 104 – Visibility Is Not Equity w/ Jennifer McClearen: https://ko-fi.com/post/104-Visibility-Is-Not-Equity-w-Jennifer-McClear-K3K74TH0C How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith: https://amzn.to/3AFrj9C After the Lights Go Out by John Vercher: https://amzn.to/3ADvtis We can't continue to produce important episodes like this one without your solidarity. There is no Southpaw network without your financial support. In return, not only do you help produce our shows but you also get access to more great content. It's mutual aid. Find our Patreon, swag, and other ways to support us at: https://www.southpawpod.com Find Julie on Twitter and Instagram: @julesk_fighter Find Invicta FC at: https://invictafc.com You can find Southpaw on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @SouthpawPod

Jennifer RAFF: Biolog i antropolog na Wydziale Antropologii University of Texas w Austin. Uzyskała tytuł doktora z antropologii i genetyki na Indiana University w Bloomington. Od lat zajmuje się badaniami z paleogenetyki i rozprzestrzeniania się chorób wśród ludów pierwotnych. Prowadzi bardzo popularną i wysoko ocenianą przez fachowców stronę popularyzujący naukę www.violentmetaphors.com. Czyta: Mateusz MLECZKO.

Our understanding of the past is constantly in flux, and there's no field where that's clearer than with the early settlement of the Americas. I'm joined by Professor Jennifer Raff of the University of Kansas, an anthropological geneticist, to discuss the game-changing (or not?) recent work pushing back the date of first settlement to 30,000 years ago or more.Support us by supporting our sponsors! Masterworks - Skip the waitlist when you visit masterworks.io and use promo code TIDES. NetSuite - Schedule your free product tour and get your free guide at netsuite.com/tides.

If you’ve ever failed to make a new habit stick, you’re soooo not alone on this one. New Year Habits - Schmabbits, that almost sounds like rabbits and they act like it, right? Start off bouncing with energy, follow a path, get distracted with other greener, juicer patches, wanders off and all of a sudden it’s breeding new ideas, guilt and all sorts of other charged up ideas about WHY it didn’t work. Well enough already! Don’t get me wrong, the new year ( or any other calamitous moment < BIG  Health Event> in life) is the trigger for many people, maybe like you, to focus on what’s important, what you want.  It revs the engine of possibility and hope so….   you set a plan, you get the gear, get the stuff to make it happen, you prioritise your focus and energy, you start. But, life gets in the way right?  Yep, more likely than not, we end up forgetting about it or giving up on it. BUT, why does it work for some and not others. …I’ve often stared at the white wall and grabbed another Tim Tam and thought “Is there something wrong with me?”  Maybe I’m not dedicated enough, maybe I’m not motivated, maybe I’m not…  Sure, it takes dedication and commitment to form a new habit. There’s also a lot we can learn from neuroscience on how you can crack the new habit code.  OK, time to put the Tim Tam down and turn it up because we're joined by Dr Melissa Davis of Renaissance Periodization. Dr Mel is World Champion martial artist, doctor of neuroscience and behaviour change coach.    Martial Artist Champion + Dr of Neuroscience + Behaviour Change = Knockout Habit Show Exercise is no doubt a massive pillar to better brain health and Dr Mel offers up a recipe for achieving your goals. In the show, you’ll learn about  What exercise does and why it’s an important liffe factor at any age - yes any age! The strategies and methods based in neuroscience you can use to make a physical exercise habit stick.  Dr Mel shines a light on the big blockers to your success and what to do about them.  How to pierce the veil on published information to see if it really does work and is it worth your time, energy and very likely dollars Dr Mel also busts a few nutrition myths along the way Today’s show will help you kick down the doors, throw old habits on the tatami mat and tighten your hold on what you really want. Here’s to forming memory health habits that stick!  Listen To The Podcast Now.  About Our Guest: Dr Melissa Davis has ten years of research experience in neurobiology, with her works featured in Scientific American. She is a lifelong Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete and scholar, who has represented the United States in international Abu Dhabi World Pro Competition. She specializes in helping clients utilize tools in losing weight, gaining muscle, and performing.  Make Your Physical Exercise Habits Stick Understanding the Brain There is a lot of information in classes and in scientific papers that are not accessible to people because they haven't been trained to read papers. Reading a science paper takes training to understand the statistics and jargon. The Role of Exercise in Longevity With retained muscle mass longer into old age, you get fewer chances of injuries that may lead to death or dependence on others. Through exercise, you get better cognitive function for a longer time. It increases the quality of life. Why Don't Our Exercise Behaviors Stick? What you want to do differs from what you're used to doing. The new year's resolution effect: People want to make a massive change all at once. The biggest mistake is wanting a fast process and fast results. Navigating the Space Forming a habit, or breaking away from it takes one step at a time—it takes time, work, and dedicated effort. Reward yourself for even the smallest achievement. The Guilt Realm Give yourself credit for making little changes. Don't beat yourself up for not being perfect. Taking responsibility for your failures prevents the external locus of control that takes away your capability to make a change. Engineer Success: 4 Tips To Make Your Habits Stick  Take it in small steps. Start with three or four days a week, and then eventually every other day. Tie the habit with an activity that already exists in your lifestyle and schedule. Track what's gotten in your way this week and strategize how you will solve it for the next week. It's just a matter of finding ways to trick ourselves into doing it, sticking with it, monitoring how often we're doing it, and continuing to improve. The Importance of Social Support Twofold benefit: It's not only helpful for achieving goals, but it's also helpful for mood and longevity. Resistance Training and Nutrition Protein supports growth, and it also supports a better quality of life. Exercise, including resistance training, decreases the chances of developing cancer, according to the American Statistical Association. Anything where your muscles are contracting against resistance, is resistance training. Resistance training might be different from person to person depending on how long they've been training and the physical state in which they're starting. Resources Articles Yuan et al, (2012)  An enriched environment improves cognitive performance in mice from the senescence-accelerated prone mouse 8 strain Role of upregulated neurotrophic factor expression in the hippocampus: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4302529/  Griñán-Ferré, et al, (2018). Environmental Enrichment Improves Cognitive Deficits, AD Hallmarks and Epigenetic Alterations Presented in 5xFAD Mouse Model https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6104164/    Vanessa Doulames, Sangmook Lee & Thomas B. Shea (2014) Environmental enrichment and social interaction improve cognitive function and decrease reactive oxidative species in normal adult mice, International Journal of Neuroscience, 124:5, 369-376, DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2013.84844   3 Resources to Help You Read a Scientific Paper Infographic: How to read a scientific paper by Natalia Rodriguez on Elsevier An easy read introduction: how to read a scientific paper from Science Buddies How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper: A Step-by-Step Guide for Non-Scientists by Jennifer Raff on HuffPost Books Atomic Habits by James Clear The RP Diet For Endurance by Dr Alex Harrison, Michelle Hower, and Dr Melissa Davis Supplementary Materials RP Diet App and RP Coaching Renaissance Woman You can reach out to Dr Mel by sending an email to the Renaissance Periodization website. You may also connect with her on Instagram. Check out Dr Mel’s comprehensive review of the Game Changers documentary. Enjoy The Podcast?   If it’s a “Oh Yes I did David!”  Then please, do yourself a huge favour and subscribe to the podcast.  5 Star Review Worthy? If it is we’d love your review. It really does go a long way to help us reach and serve more people.  Do you want to help other people prevent avoidable memory loss? Yes? One simple way is to share what you’ve learned today.  Here’s How:  Take a screenshot of the podcast, post it on social media, make a comment and link to the show, is one, very easy way to help cement your learning and brings you closer to action as well as gifting to others the seeds of better memory health!  FREE Guide To Help Prevent Memory Loss Grab a free copy of the 9 Principles for Memory Health For Life CLICK HERE.  A simple framework to reduce your risk for memory loss. Go on, what have you got to lose?   Of course you can reach me, David Norris, here on the website and connect with me on LinkedIn or Twitter. To better memory health,  David P.S. 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Today we talk with Dr. Jennifer Raff about the YouTube channel Mudfossil University and the possibility that Rocks are really just fossilized Giants. Show Notes: Episodes with Dr. Raff https://archyfantasies.com/?s=Jennifer+Raff New Archaeo-Genetics Articles With Jennifer RaffArchaeological Fantasies and the genetic history of the AmericasDNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff – Episode 50Dr. Jennifer Raff's Websites: violentmetaphors.com Genetic mythologies: “Nephilim DNA” from the Paracas skullsThe Ketchum Project: What To Believe About Bigfoot DNA ‘Science’ - By Sharon Hill

Say Hello to the new year with Archaeological Fantasies.  Check us out to see what we're up to and what to expect in the new year.  Thanks again to all our lovely supporters! Here's to another successful year.  Show Notes! Jennifer Raff:  @JenniferRaff  https://violentmetaphors.com/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferraff/#2b40d9503eef David Anderson:  @DSAArchaeology  https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidanderson/#5171d0495401 In reSearch Of https://www.patreon.com/inresearchof/ Archaeological Fantasies on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtKt4NakeiCynKLPGQH0AZw Sub-Blogs: Ancient Alien Archaeology https://ancientalienarchaeology.home.blog/ The Archaeology of Giants https://thearchaeologyofgiants.home.blog/ Paranormal Archaeology https://paranormalarchaeology.wordpress.com/ We’re on YouTube again! If you’d like to support the Podcast or site, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @ArchyFantasies, or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Meet Dr. Jennifer Raff. Jenny is a professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas, studying the DNA of current and ancient peoples to ask questions about how humans have traversed and populated continents over the course of history. Outside of academia, Jenny is a pseudoscience-busting science communicator in the midst of writing a book slated to come out in 2020. On top of all that, Jenny has trained and competed in mixed martial arts, so you know she’s not to be messed with.

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Today, Dr. Jennifer Raff is back with us to talk about some recent articles on genetics in archaeology. Particularly the discovery of a new genetic ancestor to early Americans and new evidence about the migration of early Americans.  Show Notes: Jennifer Raff at Forbes Ancient DNA Reveals Yet More Complicated Histories In The Americas Posth et al. 2018. Reconstructing the Deep Population History of Central and South America. Moreno-Mayar et al. 2018. Early human dispersals within the Americas. ---------------------- If you’d like to support the Podcast or site, consider donating to us on Patreon or buy us a  Ko-Fi. Either option helps us out. Grab a t-shirt or coffee mug from our Swag Store on Zazzle. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies, Jeb J. Card @ahtzib ,  Ken Feder @fiftysitesbook or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Contact us below or leave a comment.

“So humans are really really good, or at least Western traditionally educated humans are really, really good at categorizing things into types.”“所以人类真的很好，或者至少西方传统受过教育的人类真的非常善于将事物归类为类型。”Jennifer Raff. She's an anthropologist at the University of Kansas. Raff spoke last month at New York University's Journalism Institute.詹妮弗拉夫。她是堪萨斯大学的人类学家。拉夫上个月在纽约大学新闻学院发表演讲。“And if you go back through the history of physical anthropology, which we now call ourselves biological anthropologists to distance ourselves from that history, we as a discipline have a lot to answer for. Because we were the ones who measured crania, measured skulls, to try to come up with…we called it the Caucasoid, and the Negroid and the Mongoloid types, right, this ideal specimen of a cranium that fit these perfect measurements. And that was the type. And we tried to fit in then every other person into one of these categories, and that…really influenced eugenics.“如果你回顾体质人类学的历史，我们现在称自己为生物人类学家，使我们远离那段历史，我们作为一门学科有很多可以回答的问题。因为我们是那些测量颅骨，测量头骨，试图想出来的人......我们把它称为Caucasoid，而Negroid和Mongoloid类型，右边，这个理想的颅骨标本适合这些完美的测量。这就是那种类型。我们试图让所有其他人融入其中一个类别，并且......真正影响了优生学。“We still have that notion, are you this group, are you that group, when in reality we're mixtures, most of us are very mixed. We have lots of ancestry from lots of populations. So if we can stop thinking of these categories as these fixed entities, we'll get somewhere.”“我们仍然有这样的想法，你是这个群体，你是那个群体，当实际上我们是混合体时，我们大多数人都非常混杂。我们有很多来自很多人的血统。因此，如果我们不再将这些类别视为这些固定实体，我们就会到达某个地方。“Raff later noted that race does involve biology—but as an effect.  拉夫后来指出，种族确实涉及生物学 - 但作为一种效果。“But that doesn't mean that these racial categories aren't real in some sense. And what I mean by that is, yes, they are culturally constructed categories, but they actually have biological effects…when we create the race ‘black' or ‘African-American' or whatever we're going to call it, we put people into that category regardless of their genetic background, right?“但这并不意味着这些种族类别在某种意义上并不真实。我的意思是，是的，它们是文化构建的类别，但它们实际上具有生物效应......当我们创造“黑色”或“非洲裔美国人”或我们将要称之为的种类时，我们会把人们放在一起无论其遗传背景如何，进入该类别吧？“So, I always come back to this example: President Obama is just as much Irish as he is African-Am-, but we code him as black, right,…when we do that, when we categorize and classify people, that can have biological effects. We know that stress levels in African-Americans are chronically high, because of racism, because of structural racism, these categories that we've created, right? That is biological, that's real. It may not be because of the genetic variants that they had, or there may be some complicated interaction there, but these categories that we create, these social categories, have biological effects.”“所以，我总是回到这个例子：奥巴马总统和非洲人一样爱尔兰人，但是我们将他编码为黑人，对，......当我们这样做时，当我们对人进行分类和分类时，那可以有生物学效应。我们知道非洲裔美国人的压力水平是长期的，因为种族主义，因为结构性种族主义，我们创造了这些类别，对吧？这是生物学的，这是真实的。它可能不是因为它们具有遗传变异，或者那里可能存在一些复杂的相互作用，但我们创造的这些类别，这些社会类别，都具有生物效应。“—Steve Mirsky(The above text is a transcript of this podcast)  

“So humans are really really good, or at least Western traditionally educated humans are really, really good at categorizing things into types.”“所以人类真的很好，或者至少西方传统受过教育的人类真的非常善于将事物归类为类型。”Jennifer Raff. She's an anthropologist at the University of Kansas. Raff spoke last month at New York University's Journalism Institute.詹妮弗拉夫。她是堪萨斯大学的人类学家。拉夫上个月在纽约大学新闻学院发表演讲。“And if you go back through the history of physical anthropology, which we now call ourselves biological anthropologists to distance ourselves from that history, we as a discipline have a lot to answer for. Because we were the ones who measured crania, measured skulls, to try to come up with…we called it the Caucasoid, and the Negroid and the Mongoloid types, right, this ideal specimen of a cranium that fit these perfect measurements. And that was the type. And we tried to fit in then every other person into one of these categories, and that…really influenced eugenics.“如果你回顾体质人类学的历史，我们现在称自己为生物人类学家，使我们远离那段历史，我们作为一门学科有很多可以回答的问题。因为我们是那些测量颅骨，测量头骨，试图想出来的人......我们把它称为Caucasoid，而Negroid和Mongoloid类型，右边，这个理想的颅骨标本适合这些完美的测量。这就是那种类型。我们试图让所有其他人融入其中一个类别，并且......真正影响了优生学。“We still have that notion, are you this group, are you that group, when in reality we're mixtures, most of us are very mixed. We have lots of ancestry from lots of populations. So if we can stop thinking of these categories as these fixed entities, we'll get somewhere.”“我们仍然有这样的想法，你是这个群体，你是那个群体，当实际上我们是混合体时，我们大多数人都非常混杂。我们有很多来自很多人的血统。因此，如果我们不再将这些类别视为这些固定实体，我们就会到达某个地方。“Raff later noted that race does involve biology—but as an effect.  拉夫后来指出，种族确实涉及生物学 - 但作为一种效果。“But that doesn't mean that these racial categories aren't real in some sense. And what I mean by that is, yes, they are culturally constructed categories, but they actually have biological effects…when we create the race ‘black' or ‘African-American' or whatever we're going to call it, we put people into that category regardless of their genetic background, right?“但这并不意味着这些种族类别在某种意义上并不真实。我的意思是，是的，它们是文化构建的类别，但它们实际上具有生物效应......当我们创造“黑色”或“非洲裔美国人”或我们将要称之为的种类时，我们会把人们放在一起无论其遗传背景如何，进入该类别吧？“So, I always come back to this example: President Obama is just as much Irish as he is African-Am-, but we code him as black, right,…when we do that, when we categorize and classify people, that can have biological effects. We know that stress levels in African-Americans are chronically high, because of racism, because of structural racism, these categories that we've created, right? That is biological, that's real. It may not be because of the genetic variants that they had, or there may be some complicated interaction there, but these categories that we create, these social categories, have biological effects.”“所以，我总是回到这个例子：奥巴马总统和非洲人一样爱尔兰人，但是我们将他编码为黑人，对，......当我们这样做时，当我们对人进行分类和分类时，那可以有生物学效应。我们知道非洲裔美国人的压力水平是长期的，因为种族主义，因为结构性种族主义，我们创造了这些类别，对吧？这是生物学的，这是真实的。它可能不是因为它们具有遗传变异，或者那里可能存在一些复杂的相互作用，但我们创造的这些类别，这些社会类别，都具有生物效应。“—Steve Mirsky(The above text is a transcript of this podcast)  

Today we start a new segment with Dr. Jennifer Raff. We explore the use of ancient DNA in archaeology and how our understanding of such has changed over the years. We also look at the most recent misuse of the Olmec culture as evidence of a pre-columbic African presence in the Americas, and what DNA tells us about that. Show Notes: Jennifer Raff - @jenniferRaff - Twitter Violent Metaphors - Blog https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jennifer-raff  https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/jennifer-raff Archaeological Fantasies and the genetic history of the Americas DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff – Episode 50 Jennifer A. Raff and Deborah A. Bolnick’s: Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation. Solutrean Hypothesis - The Solutrean Hypothesis – Episode 31 CBC, The Solutrean Hypothesis, and Jennifer Raff – Episode 92 No CBC hasn’t proven that ‘White’ Europeans made it to America ‘First’. On thin ice: Problems with Stanford and Bradley’s Solutrean-Clovis hypothesis Carl Zimmer’s Game of Genomes Ancient DNA - New DNA Results Show Kennewick Man Was Native American Kennewick Man The Anzick Clovis Site: Clovis-Aged Burial in American Northwest Dating Do-Over For Anzick-1, Famous First Americans Burial Human Speech Gene Found Dr. Kim TallBear Miami-Dade Schools teaching Olmecs as Africans - (this has since been removed from their website) - Nation's 4th-Largest Metropolitan School District Teaching Kids that Olmecs were Africans Pseudoscientific Curriculum Offered by Miami-Dade County Schools Things to Watch/Read/Hear - The Legend of the Lighthouse – Episode 22 Book Breaking and Book Mending: Most academic books aren’t written to be read—they’re written to be “broken.” That should change by DOUGLAS HUNTER A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes Kindle Edition by Adam Rutherford She Has Her Mother’s Laugh The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity By  Carl Zimmer The Misuse of Genetics in Pseudoscience - Dr. Jennifer Raff - Skepticon 9 Thank You for listening. If you'd like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or buy us a  Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast on the blog at www.ArchyFantasies.com and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. You can reach us by email at ArchyFantasies@gmail.com Theme Music was provided by ArcheoSoup Productions This episode was produced and edited by Sara Head. Contact us below or leave a comment.

Today we discuss the recent CBC episode of The Nature of Things titled Ice Bridge. We're revisiting the Solutrean Hypothesis as it's put forward by the CBC show, and have Jennifer Raff with us to discuss Haplogroup X. 

On today's episode we talk with Jennifer Raff about the recent CBC episode of The Nature of Things: Ice Bridge. We talk about how the Solutrean Hypothesis, how it's it's not supported by evidence and is supported but White Supremacists. We talk about the issues not brought up in the CBC show, and why we as archaeologists should be talking about it. Links CBC under fire for documentary that says first humans to colonize New World sailed from Europe. National Post.com. Jan 11 2018 DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff. ArchyFantasies.  The Solutrean Hypothesis – ArchyFantasies Episode 31.  DNA in Archaeology with Jennifer Raff – Episode 50.  Review of Across Atlantic Ice: The Origins of America’s Clovis Culture by Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A. Bradley. Raff, J. A., & D. A. Bolnick 2015 Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation.297–304. Archaeological Fantasies and the genetic history of the Americas. Violent Metaphors. On thin ice: problems with Stanfordand Bradley’s proposed Solutrean colonisation of North America Director defends documentary that claims Europeans could have been 1st humans in North America. Jennifer Raff at the Guardian Support the Show If you'd like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us monthly on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or giving just a little on Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions Contact us below or leave a comment.

Another great episode of the Archaeological Fantasies Podcast

Today we talk with Jennifer Raff about the role DNA and genetics is playing in the field of archaeology. What can we really learn from DNA and Haplogroups, and how none of this proves genetic superiority. Not even Haplogroup X. Links Jennifer A. Raff and Deborah A. Bolnick's: Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation. On thin ice: Problems with Stanford and Bradley’s Solutrean-Clovis hypothesis Carl Zimmer's Game of Genomes Contacts Jennifer Raff on twitter @JenniferRaff Blog Violent Metaphors.com Support the Show If you’d like to support the Podcast, condenser donating to us monthly on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/Archyfantasies or giving just a little on Ko-Fi : https://ko-fi.com/A8833HAS . Either option helps us out. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast and like and share us where ever you can. You can follow us on twitter @Archyfantsies or look us up on Facebook. Theme Music by ArcheoSoup Productions Contact us below or leave a comment. Edited by Chris Webster

This week, we're looking at the intersection of race, history and genetics in science writer Nicholas Wade's 2014 book "A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History." DNA researcher Jennifer Raff and science journalist David Dobbs share their critiques of the claim that differences between genetically distinct "races" are responsible for global divergence in cultural and political structures. And blogger Scicurious walks us through the (delicious) basics of the scientific method with Cookie Science.