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Sam Adams
rank | Thu Apr 16 18:51:22 New discovery: significant selection for intelligence(amongst other things) occured after humans left Africa. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10358-1 Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia By contrast, in the past ten millennia, we find that many hundreds of alleles have been affected by strong directional selection. We also document one-standard-deviation changes on the scale of modern variation in combinations of alleles that today predict complex traits. This includes decreases in predicted body fat and schizophrenia, and increases in measures of cognitive performance. |
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Pillz
rank | Thu Apr 16 21:02:06 Seb gonna get so mad when he sees the part about light skin tones |
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