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Selective sweeps in modern human ancestry

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  1. David ReichNegativeMay 8, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    No recent genome-wide selective sweep shared by all modern humans was detected.

    right across all the DNA we could look at, we couldn't find anything more recent than four or five hundred thousand years ago.

    Listen at 1:04:29

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