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Tracking ancestry and social inequality using American surnames

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:13. May 2026
Post category:Criminology Demographics Economics Immigration Sociology

Our big project was finally published: Van Pelt, D., & Kirkegaard, E. O. (2026). Big Data, Deep Roots: Correlating Surname Genetic Ancestry and Socioeconomic Status across Millions of Americans. Comparative…

Elon’s meme magic

Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Post published:28. January 2025
Post category:Linguistics/language Sociology

There is a 1949 science fiction novel (Project Mars: A Technical Tale) about how to build a Mars colony, and it includes this part: Amazing, it was written by none…