Neolithic Y-chromosome bottleneck
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Neolithic Y-chromosome bottleneck has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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David GearyEvolutionary psychologist, cognitive scientist, and professor at the University of Missouri
Geary contends that the 17-to-1 female-to-male ancestor ratio could only have resulted from intense organized violence among men.
“the only way you could get the pattern of the 17 to 1 ratio is – intense organized violence”
Modern Wisdom: How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172 (Nov 5, 2026) · Listen from 10:38
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- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
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How War Shaped Human Evolution - David Geary - #1172Modern Wisdom · Nov 5, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Evolutionary psychologist David Geary tells Chris Williamson how male coalitional warfare, status competition, and technology shaped human brain evolution and modern behavior.