As ancient-DNA samples grow beyond the current ~16,000 individuals, many more positions under selection will be detected; today's findings are only what's visible at this scale.

Who

David Reich

Topic

Selection signals

How it gets scored

Do larger ancient-DNA datasets reveal substantially more selected positions in follow-up studies?

Resolves

annual

Source

David Reich — Why the Bronze Age was an inflection point in human evolution (00:00:00)