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Re:Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out o... by AndrewDucker on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @04:46AM (#42449219)
Sure!

If you've encountered some then please share!

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Re:Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out o... by enkid on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @07:22AM (#42449905)
You think the study of archeology, anthropology, genetics, and ecology across the entire Western academic system is being subverted to support DEI using a theory that existed long before the time "DEI" was a known acronym? And you can't provide evidence?
Re:Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out o... by Hikikomori on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @05:32AM (#42449430)
Just going to leave us hanging and not share your forbidden knowledge?
Re:Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out o... by zarzavat on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @05:11AM (#42449355)
Even if your theory is correct that the entire academic establishment in the US is conspiring to mislead people, how do you explain research outside the US?
Re:Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out o... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @07:45AM (#42450003)
> that has an obligation to advance DEI efforts in order to receive grants in the first place,

Nah they don't. Anti-"DEI" billionaires like Elon Musk are free to likewise fund research or create "free speech" universities if they so choose. But they choose not to.

You sound like you're pushing a theory that anthropology is biased, what do you have to back that claim up?

Re:Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out o... by ripped_britches on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @06:54AM (#42449766)
Out of Africa way predates DEI. Are you saying this is a 1980s conspiracy?
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Re:Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out o... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @07:42AM (#42449990)
DEI is a term used by a vague group of people to vilify certain media, or in this particular case, push an anti-science narrative claiming DEI is used in an anti-scientific fashion.

It does not allow anyone that questions it to be called racist per se, but the questioning itself is just unsubstantiated and vague.

This comment chain started with someone claiming contradictory evidence is not considered; where is this contradictory evidence? I mean sure, if there is an effective suppression campaign going on then said evidence would be gone, but surely there'd be whistleblowers and first hand accounts of scientific oppression and the like? If not, it's more effective than e.g. North Korea's regime in keeping information hidden, and like the moon landings, hundreds of thousands of people would be complicit. Which would be really interesting.

Re:Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out o... by DiogenesKynikos on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:02AM (#42450971)
DEI does exist at universities, but the idea that human evolutionary biologists let their research be directed by DEI concerns is ridiculous.

The whole out-of-Africa vs. multiregional debate played out over many years between different research groups, and what ultimately settled it was DNA evidence that heavily favored the out-of-Africa hypothesis.

With more data and more findings, it's become clear that modern humans do have some DNA from different populations outside Africa, but out of Africa is still basically correct.

Re:Oldest Human Genomes Reveal How a Small Group Burst Out o... by AndrewDucker on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @05:06AM (#42449332)
Nope! I'm just interested in what a fellow HNer has found, if they're interested in sharing. That's why I have discussions on HN, so I can learn from others with more knowledge than me!