10,000 years of selection (in Western Eurasia)
10,000 years of selection (in Western Eurasia)  
Podcast: Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning
Published On: Fri May 01 2026
Description: The full episode is available here: https://www.razibkhan.com/p/10000-years-of-selection-in-western Despite the preprint being out for two years, Akbari et al.'s Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia publication in Nature this week has resulted in a massive media response. Though Razib has discussed this work before, he thought it would be useful to review it, and put it in context in a new monologue.