什么是 Bronze Age？

David Reich's team found that the Bronze Age (around 4,000–5,000 years ago) was humanity’s most intense evolutionary turning point—stronger than the shift to agriculture—based on analysis of over 20,000 ancient genomes.

The article explores why human intelligence wasn't maximized before the Bronze Age, suggesting that intelligence was not always favored by natural selection.

David Reich discusses the relationship between human genes and Neanderthals in Dwarkesh Patel's podcast, noting that parts of modern human DNA may be older than humans. The video is over two hours long, covering historical topics such as Bronze Age shocks and agricultural spread, suitable for readers interested in paleoanthropology.