Links for Episode 39: Hunter-Gatherer Genetics, Human Evolution, and Small-Scale Societies

• Target Article on Aeon, titled “Societies of perpetual motion”

• The genetic article on the origins of Central African Hunter-Gatherers (still referred to as “pygmies” in much of the literature, due to their relatively short stature) (Padilla-Iglesias et al. 2022)

• Musical instruments showing long-distance links between Hunter-Gatherers in the East and West of Central Africa (Padilla-Iglesias et al. preprint).

• Importance of non-related “friends” in Bayaka and Agta hunter-gatherers (Andrea Migliano et al  2017)

• Relevance of hunter-gatherers to ancient DNA studies (Padilla-Iglesias & Derkx 2024)