Bret and Heather 192nd DarkHorse Podcast Livestream: How Now New World Cow
In this 192nd in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens.
In this episode we discuss how cattle got to the New World, and when and from where, and what that implies about the first cowboys. We discuss the fact that Nature published this compelling piece of research, and Science reported on it all wrong. We marvel that Nature admits that “scientists are under attack for someone else’s political gain”—but are not surprised to find they’ve got it backwards. Meanwhile, the pangolin vector hypothesis for SARS-CoV2 is being revived, and bats are hung out to dry (metaphorically), based on bad, debunked research that was done by researchers with perverse incentives.
*****
Our sponsors:
MDHearing: Use promo code DARKHORSE to receive a significant discount off your order of already inexpensive, high-quality hearing aids, plus receive a free extra charging case. https://www.mdhearingaid.com
Sundays: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 35% off your first order.
Seed: Start a new healthy habit today with Seed probiotics. Use code darkhorse at https://seed.com/darkhorse to get 25% off your first month of Seed's DS-01® Daily Synbiotic.
*****
Join us on Locals! Get access to our Discord server, exclusive live streams, live chats for all streams, and early access to many podcasts: https://darkhorse.locals.com/
Heather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com
Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3at
Check out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.org
*****
Mentioned in this episode:
Delsol et al 2023. Ancient DNA confirms diverse origins of early post-Columbian cattle in the Americas. Scientific reports 13(1): 12444. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39518-3
Sluyter 2015. How Africans and their descendants participated in establishing open-range cattle ranching in the Americas. Environment and History 21(1): 77-101.https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/eh/2015/00000021/00000001/art00005
Science goes full click-bait: https://www.science.org/content/article/america-s-first-cowboys-were-enslaved-africans-ancient-cow-dna-suggests
Peter Hotez in Nature: scientists are “under attack for someone else’s political gain”: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02981-z
Ralph Baric revives the pangolin vector of SARS-CoV2 hypothesis, but you weren’t supposed to notice: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01476-x
Scientific American stokes fear of bats: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-secret-weapon-in-preventing-the-next-pandemic-fruit-bats/
Merlin Tuttle’s defense of bats: https://www.merlintuttle.org/response-to-misleading-american-scientific-bat-story/
Bret on bats in UnHerd, June 2021: https://unherd.com/2021/06/why-we-should-welcome-the-lab-leak-theory/
*****
Timestamps:
(00:00) Wait
(07:00) Welcome and Bret's COVID experience
(10:00) Sponsors
(21:05) Cows in the new world
(52:25) African knowledge of ranching
(01:06:40) The Amazing Peter Hotez
(01:10:40) Ralph Baric on pangolin origin
(01:19:20) Bats and viruses
(01:32:40) Wrap up
-
30:06
Darkhorse Podcast
13 days agoWe're Beating the WHO – With Dr. Kat Lindley
31.4K76 -
LIVE
Twins Pod
46 minutes agoTwins Pod - Episode 12 - Bryce Mitchell: Witches, Flat Earth & End Times?!
1,607 watching -
DVR
Donald Trump Jr.
20 hours agoSPECIAL PROGRAMMING: Protecting Free Speech and the Censorship Crisis, Live from Rumble Toronto
57.4K62 -
LIVE
Nina Infinity
21 hours agoGOOD NEWS – Infinite Hope # 184
625 watching -
14:35
DepressedGinger
17 hours agoDogecoin ($DOGE) Official 2024-2025 Price Prediction
6.35K5 -
33:55
Kimberly Guilfoyle
21 hours agoLIVE FROM RUMBLE TORONTO, a Conversation with Journalist, Lawyer, and Fellow Rumble Host Glenn Greenwald
17K17 -
29:23
TudorDixon
3 hours agoStalked and Defenseless with Nikki Goeser | The Tudor Dixon Podcast
9.71K10 -
37:23
Standpoint with Gabe Groisman
2 hours agoEp. 23. Chaos on Campus: MIT. Talia Kahn
10.6K8 -
1:08:38
Russell Brand
7 hours ago“You’re Going To Get KILLED!” Mike Benz EXPOSES CIA Secrets Like NEVER Before - Stay Free #363
115K202 -
28:20
Glenn Greenwald
6 hours agoRumble Live: Defending Your Human Right to Freedom of Expression
41.1K128