Ancient cultures were extremely violent, not “peace-loving ecologists” at all!

Ancient cultures were extremely violent, not “peace-loving ecologists” at all! David Reich on how much ancient DNA evidence has overturned so much consensus thinking how ancient cultures spread. "It wasn't peaceful, it wasn't friendly, it wasn't nice. Some of our archaeologist co-authors were just really distressed."

Source: Elon Musk (X) | 2026-05-03