Recent content by Gnarl

We overlapped with Neanderthals for thousands, in some places maybe tens of thousands of years. Probably interacted on territorial borders with them for as long. And yet still, we only seem to have produced successful hybrids with a single line or tribe of Neanderthals. Although apparently...

I think any genetic signal for traits like entrepreneurship will get buried by things like a nations legal system, religion, culture, recent history etc. When it comes to the north-south divide, the link with welfare systems seem much stronger. Basically, a good welfare system that lets you pick...

Historically, lots of people tried to "pass" and there was official support for that. Fornorskingspolitikk was a real thing after all. And there may have been the occasional cuckoo in the woodpile. I doubt you can find any Norwegian without some Saami ancestry, if tiny.