The Economist asks: How has DNA shaped the human race?

Jason Palmer, editor of the Espresso daily-briefing app, is joined by geneticist and broadcaster Adam Rutherford to get to the bottom of the stories told by human DNA. They discuss the genetics of sprinters, the misguided nature v nurture debate and how promiscuous humans' forebears were. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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