What was the most important transition in human history, the thing that most drastically altered our species' way of life? David Reich's lab has found evidence pointing to a new answer.

There are two standard candidates:
1. The shift from hunting and gathering to farming, around… pic.twitter.com/649RdS9Bl4

— Dwarkesh Patel (@dwarkesh_sp) May 9, 2026

Interesting. I would think that the recent explosion of tech would be a similar driver, but it’s happening too fast to affect natural selection.