When Trees Lie: Selection, Admixture, and the Myth of a Single Ancestry
How natural selection and admixture distort phylogenetic trees, why human genomes are mosaics, and what to use instead.
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When Consciousness Is Under Selection: How Recent Cognition Selection Would Warp Human History Models
A selection-aware re-read of human population trees and divergence times if cognition faced strong selection in the last 50,000 years.
Basal Eurasian as a Mirage: A Steelman Case for “Ghost Ancestry” as Selection Artifact
A steelman argument that Basal Eurasian is not a real ghost population, but a selection-induced distortion in f-statistics and admixture-graph fitting.
Holocene Minds on Hard Mode: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and the Birth of Consciousness
Using ancient DNA and polygenic scores to imagine schizophrenia, bipolar, intelligence, and consciousness in early Holocene Europe through the Eve Theory lens.
Against the Myth of the Ancient, Finished Self: Why “We Haven’t Changed in 50,000 Years” Is Obviously False
Ancient DNA, polygenic scores, and psychiatric genetics all say the human mind has evolved dramatically since the Ice Age—contra the 50,000-years myth.
Beringia’s Two-Way Street: Toolkits, Standstills, and Back-Migrations
What Beringian toolkits and genomes reveal about two-way movements between Siberia and the Americas—from Dyuktai microblades to toggling harpoons and back-migrations.
Eve Theory of Consciousness – Through David Reich’s Eyes
Exploring how geneticist David Reich might view the Eve Theory of Consciousness – a bold hypothesis that human self-awareness emerged culturally and only later became encoded in our genes.
Men From the Sea: Myths, Skepticism, and the Return of Trans-Pacific Contact
Why colonial tales of giants, 20th-c. positivism, and new genome data all matter for the debate over pre-Columbian Polynesian–American contact.
The X Chromosome and Human Cognition
A comprehensive review of how the X chromosome influences human brain development, cognitive function, and neurological disorders.
X Chromosome and Higher-Order Cognition
How X-linked gene dosage, inactivation escape, and imprinting sculpt human brain development, intelligence, and social behavior.
Pre-Columbian Trans-Oceanic Contact: Current Knowledge and Debate
A comprehensive analysis of evidence and scholarly debate surrounding pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact between the Americas and Old World civilizations.
Y-Chromosome Haplogroup A00: Archaic Introgression or Deep Human Lineage?
A deep dive into Y-chromosome haplogroup A00, the oldest known human paternal lineage. We explore its discovery, its shocking age, and the debate over whether it represents a ‘ghost’ archaic …