My conversion story, or a brief autobiography
I sometimes get asked how it is that I got into this unusual field. Of course, as with all autobiographies, there will be some distortions and poor memory along the…
I sometimes get asked how it is that I got into this unusual field. Of course, as with all autobiographies, there will be some distortions and poor memory along the…
Back in 1982 Richard Dawkins wrote a book called The Extended Phenotype, which argued that the "phenotype should not be limited to biological processes such as protein biosynthesis or tissue…
As announced late August, here is the promised discussion with Davide Piffer on ancient genomics: where we are, and where we hope to go. 1 hour and 7 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_XbrzSfEz4…
I am in Italy together with Davide Piffer. We will be filming a conversation about ancient genomes and group differences. Please post your questions below so we can cover them…
We have a new study out: Piffer, D., Dutton, E., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2023). Intelligence Trends in Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of Roman Polygenic Scores. OpenPsych,…
Richard Lynn passed away a few days ago in his sleep. His health had been in decline for some time, so his passing was expected. Still, it offers us a…
Yesterday I ran a survey on Twitter asking people to rate 49 human biodiversity books for importance. Human biodiversity here used in the broad sense of any study of biological…
Most political science research is based on a 1 dimensional model of politics: left vs. right. However, this model is actually and obviously false in a nontrivial way. Take studies…